Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh kyving, from Proto-Celtic *komangus (compare Old Irish cumung), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (beside, near, by, with) + *h₂enǵʰ- (tight, painfully constricted).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cyfyng (feminine singular cyfyng, plural cyfyng, equative cyfynged, comparative cyfyngach, superlative cyfyngaf)

  1. narrow, confined
  2. difficult
  3. limited in scope

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Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cyfyng gyfyng nghyfyng chyfyng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.