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toddi

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse toddi, from or related to Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (to scatter, strew).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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toddi m (genitive singular todda, nominative plural toddar)

  1. piece, lump

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “175-79”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 175-79

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *tọðɨd. Equivalent to tawdd (molten) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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toddi (first-person singular present toddaf)

  1. (transitive) to melt
  2. (intransitive) to melt
    Synonym: ymdoddi
  3. (transitive, intransitive, nontechnical) to dissolve
    Synonym: hydoddi
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to thaw
    Synonyms: dadlaith, dadmer, meiriol

Usage notes

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  • The verbnoun or dictionary form of a verb, such as this entry, is employed as a masculine singular noun in Welsh to express an uncountable verbal noun. The corresponding countable noun is usually derived morphologically from the related verb.
  • Nontechnical language employs toddi to mean both "melt" and "dissolve" while technical contexts distinguish these meanings via toddi and hydoddi respectively.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of toddi
radical soft nasal aspirate
toddi doddi nhoddi thoddi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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