cyfoethog
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh kyuoethawc, from Proto-Brythonic *kuβ̃oɨθọg. By surface analysis, cyfoeth + -og.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈvɔɨ̯θɔɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈvɔi̯θɔɡ/
Adjective
cyfoethog (feminine singular cyfoethog, plural cyfoethogion, equative cyfoethoced, comparative cyfoethocach, superlative cyfoethocaf)
Usage notes
Despite having a polysyllabic stem, cyfoethog forms the comparative and superlative respectively with inflectional endings -ach and -a(f), rather than with the determiners mwy and mwya(f).[1]
Derived terms
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cyfoethog | gyfoethog | nghyfoethog | chyfoethog |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- King, Gareth (1996) Intermediate Welsh: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN, UNIT FIVE: Comparison of adjectives I, page 13
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