dwfr
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dwfr m (plural dyfroedd)
- Literary form of dŵr (“water”).
Usage notes edit
- Although not used as an independent word outside of very literary contexts, dwfr is common in derived terms as can be seen below.
Derived terms edit
- dyframaethu (“aquaculture”)
- dyfredig (“irrigated”)
- dyfrforon (“marshwort”)
- dyfrffordd (“waterway”)
- dyfrffos (“water course, ditch”)
- dyfrgi (“otter”)
- dyfrio (“to water”)
- dyfriog (“watery”)
- dyfrlawn (“waterlogged”)
- dyfrlliw (“water colour”)
- dyfrllyd (“aqueous, watery”)
- dyfrnod (“watermark”)
- dyfrol (“aquatic”)
- dyfrsail (“water-based”)
- dyfrhad (“irrigation”)
- dyfrhad (“to water, to irrigate”)
- dyfrhaen (“aquifer”)
- rhedyn y dwfr (“water ferns”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dwfr | ddwfr | nwfr | unchanged |
| 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), “dwfr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies