dydd Sul

Welsh

Etymology

dydd (“day”) +‎ Sul (“Sunday”), partial calque of Latin diēs Sōlis (literally “day of the Sun”). Compare Breton disul, Cornish dy'Sul, English Sunday, German Sonntag.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌdɨːð ˈsɨːl/, /dɨ̞ðˈsɨːl/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌdiːð ˈsiːl/, /dɪðˈsiːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɨːl

Proper noun

dydd Sul m

  1. Sunday
  2. Sunday daytime

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “Sunday daytime”): nos Sul

Derived terms

  • cinio dydd Sul (“Sunday dinner”)
  • dillad dydd Sul (“Sunday clothes, Sunday best”)
  • dydd Sul y pys (“a cold day in Hell”, literally “the peas' Sunday”)
  • tan ddydd Sul y pys (“when pigs fly”, literally “until the peas' Sunday”)

See also

Days of the week in Welsh · dyddiau'r wythnos (layout · text)
dydd Llun dydd Mawrth dydd Mercher dydd Iau dydd Gwener dydd Sadwrn dydd Sul

Mutation

Mutated forms of dydd Sul
radical soft nasal aspirate
dydd Sul ddydd Sul nydd Sul unchanged

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

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