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-red

See also: Appendix:Variations of "red"

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).

Suffix

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-red

  1. (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
    hatred
    kindred
    manred
    sibred

Derived terms

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English terms suffixed with -red

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Suffix

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-red

  1. Alternative form of -rede

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-red

  1. Alternative form of -raþ

Welsh

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-,[1] whence also rhedeg (“to run”). Cognate with Old Irish -rad.[2]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-red f

  1. Forms abstract nouns.
    ‎gwaith (“work”) ‎-red → ‎gweithred (“action”)
    ‎lled (“width”) ‎-red → ‎lledred (“latitude”)
    ‎cylch (“circle”) ‎-red → ‎cylchred (“cycle”)

Derived terms

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Welsh terms suffixed with -red

References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii (22)
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-red”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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