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llai.

comparative degree of bach: smaller

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɬai̯/
  1. comparative degree of bach: smaller

    comparative · form-of
  2. less, fewer

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh llei (comparative of llaw (“small”)), from Proto-Brythonic *llaɣü (comparative of *llaɣw), from Proto-Celtic *lagyūs (comparative of *legus (“small”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). Cognate with Old Irish laigiu.

adj/ɬai̯/
  1. grey, brown, dun, dark red, dark

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“pale”) and so connected to llwyd (“grey”).

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