cyfan
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkəvan/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkəva/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəvan/
Adjective edit
cyfan (feminine singular cyfan, plural cyfain or cyfaeon, not comparable)
Noun edit
cyfan m (plural cyfanion or cyfannau)
Derived terms edit
- cyfandir (“continent”)
- cyfaniaeth (“holism”)
- cyfannol (“holistic”)
- cyfannu (“to make whole”)
- cyfanrif (“whole number, integer”)
- cyfanrwydd (“entirety”)
- cyfanswm (“sum total”)
- cyfanwerth (“wholesale”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cyfan | gyfan | nghyfan | chyfan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyfan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies