newydd

From Middle Welsh newyð, from Old Welsh neguid, from Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð, from Proto-Celtic *nowyos (compare Old Irish nuae, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɨ̞ð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɪð/
• Rhymes: -ɛu̯ɨ̞ð

newydd (feminine singular newydd, plural newyddion, equative newydded, comparative newyddach, superlative newyddaf, not mutable)

1. new

   Bydda’ i’n prynu car newydd eleni.

   I will buy a new car this year.

newydd m (plural newyddion, not mutable)

1. (usually in the plural) news

   Ydych chi wedi clywed y newyddion?

   Have you heard the news?

newydd

1. have just (causes soft mutation)

   Dan ni newydd ddychwelyd adref.

   We have just returned home.

Replaces the perfect tense marker wedi.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “newydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies