ffion
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *sɸiyū (“purple foxglove”) (compare Middle Irish sion); cognate with Latin spionia (“a kind of grapevine”).
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈfɪ.ɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.ɔn/, /ˈfi.ɔn/
Noun
editffion m (plural ffionau, not mutable)
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffion”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies