-eb

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eb"

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛb/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ab/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛb/

Suffix

-eb f (plural -ebau)

1. piece of paper, document, form, record

   Synonym: llen (in compound words)

   ‎anfon (“to send”) ‎-eb → ‎anfoneb (“invoice”)

   ‎talu (“to pay”) ‎-eb → ‎taleb (“voucher”)

   ‎manwl (“detail”) ‎-eb → ‎manyleb (“specification”)

2. structure

   ‎cof (“memory”) ‎-eb → ‎cofeb (“memorial”)

   ‎hen (“old”) ‎-eb → ‎heneb (“ancient monument”)

   ‎organ (“organ”) ‎-eb → ‎organeb (“organism”)

3. forming abstract nouns

   Synonyms: -deb, -ineb

   ‎cyllid (“finance”) ‎-eb → ‎cyllideb (“budget”)

   ‎diwedd (“end”) ‎-eb → ‎diweddeb (“cadence, close”)

   ‎disgyn (“to descend”) ‎-eb → ‎disgynneb (“anticlimax, bathos”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -eb

References

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