cyfair
Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkəvai̯r/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkəvɛr/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈkəvai̯r/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkəvɛr/
Derived terms
- cyfeiriad (“direction; address”)
- cyfeiriadur (“directory”)
- cyfeiriant (“bearing”)
- cyfeirio (“to direct; to address”)
- cyfeirlyfr (“reference book”)
- cyfeirnod (“reference mark”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cyfair | gyfair | nghyfair | chyfair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 215 iii (9)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyfair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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