Welsh

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Etymology

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From cyffin (border, limit, frontier) +‎ tref (town).

Noun

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cyffindref f (plural cyffindrefi or cyffindrefydd)

  1. frontier town, border town

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cyffindref gyffindref nghyffindref chyffindref
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyffindref”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies