pibydd
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpɪbɨ̞ð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpiːbɪð/, /ˈpɪbɪð/
- Rhymes: -ɪbɨ̞ð
Noun
pibydd m (plural pibyddion, feminine pibyddes)
- piper (one who plays any musical instrument referred to as pipes)
- sandpiper (Scolopacidae spp., notably of genera Calidris, Tringa, Heteroscelus (tattlers), and Phalaropus (phalaropes))
- Synonym: (phalarope) llydandroed
- pipit (Anthus spp.)
- Synonym: corhedydd
Derived terms
Calidris
- pibydd bach, pibydd lleiaf, corbibydd, pibydd bach y traeth (“little stint”)
- pibydd baird (“Baird's sandpiper”)
- pibydd biglydan, pibydd llydanbig (“broad-billed sandpiper”)
- pibydd brith (“willet”)
- pibydd bronllwyd (“buff-breasted sandpiper”)
- pibydd brych (“spotted sandpiper”)
- pibydd bychan (“least sandpiper”)
- pibydd cain (“pectoral sandpiper”)
- pibydd cambig, corbibydd, pibydd gylfinog (“curlew sandpiper”)
- pibydd coesgoch (“common redshank”)
- pibydd Cox (“Cox's sandpiper”)
- pibydd craig (“rock sandpiper”)
- pibydd cynffonfain, pibydd gynffonfain (“sharp-tailed sandpiper”)
- pibydd cynffonhir (“upland sandpiper”)
- pibydd du, pibydd porffor, pibydd du-borffor (“purple sandpiper”)
- pibydd gyddfgoch (“rufous-necked stint”)
- pibydd hirfys (“long-toed stint”)
- pibydd hirgoes (“stilt sandpiper”)
- pibydd lleiaf (“least sandpiper”)
- pibydd lludlwyd (“Terek sandpiper”)
- pibydd llwybig (“spoon-billed sandpiper”)
- pibydd llwyd (“semipalmated sandpiper”)
- pibydd mawr yr aber (“great knot”)
- pibydd Temminck (“Temminck's stint”)
- pibydd tinwen, pibydd tinwyn (“white-rumped sandpiper”)
- pibydd torchog (“ruff”)
- pibydd twamotw (“tuamotu sandpiper”)
- pibydd (y) dorlan (“common sandpiper”)
- pibydd y gorllewin (“western sandpiper”)
- pibydd y mawn, pibydd rhuddgoch, pibydd y traeth (“dunlin”)
- pibydd (y) tywod (“sanderling”)
- pibydd (yr) aber (“red knot”)
Tringa
- pibydd coesgoch mannog, pibydd mannog (“spotted redshank”)
- pibydd coeswerdd, pibydd coeswyrdd (“greenshank”)
- pibydd coeswyrdd brych (“spotted greenshank”)
- pibydd cors, pibydd y gors (“marsh sandpiper”)
- pibydd cynffonlwyd (“grey-tailed tattler”)
- pibydd gwyrdd, pibydd gwyrdd y traeth (“green sandpiper”)
- pibydd unig (“solitary sandpiper”)
- pibydd (y) graean, pibydd y coed (“wood sandpiper”)
Heteroscelus
- pibydd crwydrol (“wandering tattler”)
Phalaropus
- pibydd coch llydandroed, pibydd gyddfgoch llydandroed (“red-necked phalarope”)
- pibydd llydandroed, pibydd glas llydrandroed, pibydd llydandroed glas, pibydd llwyd llydandroed (“grey phalarope”)
Anthus
- pibydd y coed (“tree pipit”)
- pibydd y graig (“rock pipit”)
- pibydd y mynydd, pibydd y waun, pibydd y weirglodd, pibydd y ddôl (“meadow pipit”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| pibydd | bibydd | mhibydd | phibydd |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “phalarope”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “piper”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “pipit”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “sandpiper”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[4], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur[5], retrieved 28 September 2025.
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pibydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies