ffordd

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh fforð, from Old Welsh ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Cornish fordh, Breton forzh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrð/
• Rhymes: -ɔrð

Noun

ffordd f (plural ffyrdd, not mutable)

1. road
2. distance
3. way, manner

Derived terms

• ar y ffordd (“on the road”)
• croesffordd (“crossroads”)
• cyffordd (“junction”)
• cylchffordd
• ffordd haearn
• ffordd o fyw
• pa ffordd (“which way?”)
• priffordd (“highway, main road”)
• rheilffordd (“railway”)
• traffordd

 

Related terms

• i ffwrdd

Etymology 2

Clipping of pa ffordd (“which way”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrð/
  • (South Wales, colloquial also) IPA^(key): /fɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔrð

Adverb

ffordd

1. (South Wales, colloquial) how

   Synonyms: fel, sut

   Ffordd ’yt ti’n gwbod ’ny? ― How do you know that?

Related terms

• rhywfodd, rhywsut (“somehow”)

Further reading

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