cynffon
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cynffon f (plural cynffonnau or cynffonion)
- (anatomy) tail
- (by extension) any similar object or part or appendage:
- the tail of a comet, line or stroke of a letter, the tail and bottom part of a coat, skirt, etc., wake of ship, rear of army or procession, end or extremity, cue
- Synonym: llosgwrn
- (figuratively) consequence, logical conclusion; retinue, clients of lord or nobleman; rabble, inferior or lower class; queue
- flatterer, sycophant
- flattery
Derived terms edit
- cynfonllyd (“fawning, flattering”)
- cynffongar (“fawning, flattering”)
- cynffongi (“sycophant, parasite, sponger”)
- cynffon sidan (“waxwing”)
- cynffon y gath (“bulrush”)
- cynffonddu (“black-tailed”)
- cynffoneiddiwch (“a tendency to flatter”)
- cynffonlas (“blue-tailed”)
- cynffonna (“to wag the tail, to fawn, to suck up to (someone)”)
- cynffonnaidd (“fawning, flattering”)
- cynffonnog (“fawning, flattering”)
- cynffonnog (“tailed”)
- cynffonnwr (“toady, sycophant, flatterer”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cynffon | gynffon | nghynffon | chynffon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cynffon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies