Taf

English

Proper noun

Taf

  1. A river in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, West Wales, which flows into Carmarthen Bay.
    • 1939 Septenber, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
      It only remains to notice briefly the branch from Whitland to Cardigan, which for a few miles pursues its tortuous and picturesque course along the valley of the Taf, thence rising by very severe gradients to Crymmych Arms, near to which station is a striking horse-shoe curve.

See also

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

Likely from the same Celtic source of the rivers Tafwys, Teivy, Dovy, Tawe, from a root meaning "dark" or "water."[1][2] Also see Thames.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taːv/

Proper noun

Taf

  1. River Taff

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Taf Daf Nhaf Thaf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Fenwick, G. L. (1896). A History of the Ancient City of Chester from the Earliest Times. United Kingdom: Phillipson and Golder, p. 8
  2. Denison, D. (2012). Analysing Older English. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 36
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