tŷ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ty"

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ty, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /tɨː/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /tiː/
Homophone: tu; (South Wales) ti
Rhymes: -ɨː

Noun

tŷ m (plural tai)

house

Usage notes

In addition to meaning 'small house', tŷ bach also means 'toilet, restroom'. An alternative translation of 'small house' is tŷ bychan.

Derived terms

abaty (“abbey”)
adardy (“aviary”)
addoldy (“house of worship”)
archifdy (“record office”)
arfdy (“armoury”)
argraffdy (“printing house”)
asiant tŷ (“estate agent, realtor”)
bathdy (“mint”)
beudy (“cowshed”)
bragdy (“brewery”)
brodordy (“priory, friary”)
bwyty (“eatery”)
cachdy (“privy”)
cadw tŷ (“to keep house”)
caeth i'r tŷ (“housebound”)
carchardy (“prisonhouse”)
clafdy (“hospice”)
clochdy (“bell tower”)
clwyfdy (“infirmary”)
colomendy (“dovecote”)
chwaraedy (“playhouse”)
deildy (“arbour”)
deiliad tŷ (“householder”)
deondy (“deanery”)
elusendy (“almshouse”)
ficerdy (“vicarage”)
ffermdy (“farmhouse”)
ffrierdy (“friary”)
gody (“outhouse”)
golchdy (“washhouse”)
goleudy (“lighthouse”)
gwallgofdy (“madhouse”)
gwastraff tŷ (“household waste”)
gweithdy (“workshop”)
gwesty (“hotel”)
gŵn tŷ (“dressing gown”)
gwraig tŷ (“housewife”)
hafoty (“summer abode in the uplands”)
hogldy (“hovel”)
labordy (“laboratory”)
lladd-dy (“slaughterhouse, abattoir”)
llaethdy (“dairy”)
lleiandy (“nunnery”)
lluesty (“tent”)
llythyrdy (“post office”)
maendy (“stone house”)
marwdy (“mortuary, morge”)
masnachdy (“counter”)
meddyg tŷ (“house officer”)
modurdy (“garage”)
morwyn tŷ (“housemaid”)
mynachdy (“monastery”)
nwyddau tŷ (“household goods”)
pandy (“fulling mill”)
perchen tŷ (“householder”)
persondy (“parsonage”)
popty (“oven; bakery”)
puteindy (“whorehouse”)
pwerdy (“power station; powerhouse”)
rhandy (“annexe; apartment”)
rheithordy (“rectory”)
sbwriel tŷ (“domestic rubbish”)
stordy (“storeroom”)
symud tŷ (“to move house”)
tafarndy (“public house”)
tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
trysordy (“treasury”)
tŷ ag ysbryd (“haunted house”)
tŷ allan (“outbuilding, outhouse”)
tŷ ar wahân (“detached house”)
tŷ bach (“outhouse, toilet”)
tŷ bwgan (“haunted house”)
tŷ bwyta (“restaurant”)
tŷ clwb (“clubhouse”)
tŷ crwn (“roundhouse”)
tŷ cwrdd (“meeting house, chapel”)
tŷ cwrt (“courtyard house”)
tŷ cwrw (“beer house”)
tŷ cygor (“council house”)
tŷ dol (“doll's house”)
tŷ eil (“aisled house”)
Tŷ Glas (“Blue House”)
tŷ gwydr (“greenhouse”)
Tŷ Gwyn (“Whitehouse”)
tŷ haf (“summerhouse”)
tŷ hir (“long house”)
tŷ injan (“engine house”)
tŷ mawr (“workhouse”)
tŷ opera (“opera house”)
tŷ pâr (“semi-detached house”)
tŷ parod (“prefabricated house, prefab”)
tŷ pen rhes (“end of terrace”)
tŷ pren (“wooden house, long built house”)
tŷ ransh (“ranch house”)
tŷ rhes (“terraced house”)
tŷ sengl (“detached house”)
tŷ semi (“semi-detached house”)
tŷ teras (“terraced house”)
tŷ to gwellt (“thatched house”)
tŷ tŵr (“tower house”)
Tŷ Uchaf (“Upper House”)
tŷ unllawr (“bungalo”)
Tyddewi (“St Davids”)
tyddyn (“farmhouse”)
tylwyth (“family”)
Tŷ'r Arglwyddi (“House of Lords”)
Tŷ'r Cyffredin (“House of Commons”)
ysbyty (“hospital”)
ysgoldy (“schoolhouse”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tŷ	dŷ	nhŷ	thŷ
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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