y.
The twenty-ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.
Meaning & usage
The twenty-ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.
the
y bachgen m
y ferch f
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh y, yr, from Old Welsh ir, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *sindos.
The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
that (preverbal particle used to mark a subordinate clause)
Wyt ti'n meddwl y gall hi ddod?
Mae hi'n gwybod y byddet ti'n gwrando arni hi.
which, whom (particle used with indirect relative clauses)
y dyn y dysgais ei fab
y ferch y gwrandewais arni
preverbal particle used to mark an affirmative verb in a main clause
Where this word comes from
Merger of two formerly distinct particles, ydd and yd. * (1) from earlier ydd, from Middle Welsh yð, from Proto-Celtic *ide- (compare Breton e, ez, Cornish y, yth, Old Irish id), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰei- (compare Latin ibi (“here”), Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā, “here, in the same way”), and Sanskrit इह (ihá, “here”)). * (2) from earlier yd, from Middle Welsh yt, from Old Welsh it, from Proto-Celtic *ita- (compare Breton e, ez); akin to Latin ita (“so, thus”), dialectal Lithuanian it (“as”), and Sanskrit इति (íti, “thus, in this manner”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.