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- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛdwɨ̞ð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːdʊi̯ð/, /ˈdɛdʊi̯ð/, /ˈdɛdwɪð/
dedwydd (feminine singular **dedwydd, plural dedwyddion, equative dedwydded, comparative dedwyddach, superlative dedwyddaf)
- happy, blessed
- 1941, W. D. Williams:
O Dad, yn deulu dedwydd – y deuwn / Â diolch o newydd. / Can’s o’th law y daw bob dydd / Ein lluniaeth a’n llawenydd.
O Father, as a blessed family – we bring / Thanks once again / For from Thy hand comes every day / Our portion and our joy. - Proverb:
Dedwydd pob di-falch.
Every humble person is happy.
- 1941, W. D. Williams:
- dedwyddwch (“happiness”)
- dedwyddyd (“felicity, bliss”)
- Ynysoedd Dedwydd (“Canary Islands”)
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “dedwydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies