dwfr

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊvr/

Noun

dwfr m (plural dyfroedd)

1. literary form of dŵr (“water”)

Usage notes

• 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

• 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

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

• 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