llafar

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llauar, from Proto-Brythonic *llaβar, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlabros.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬavar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬaːvar/, /ˈɬavar/

Adjective

llafar (feminine singular llafar, plural llafar, equative llafared, comparative llafarach, superlative llafaraf)

1. vocal, oral, verbal

   Synonym: lleisiol

2. loud, vociferous
3. colloquial

   Synonyms: tafodieithol, sgyrsiol

Derived terms

• aflafar (“dissonant, harsh, discordant”)
• ar lafar (“verbally, orally, colloquially”)
• cyflafar (“harmonious, consonant”)
• llafaredd (“oracy”)
• llafareg (“enunciation, elocution”)
• llafarganu (“to chant”)
• llafariad (“vowel”)
• llafarog (“vocal, voiced; vocalic; vowel”)
• llafarol (“vocal”)
• lleferydd (“speech”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llafar	lafar	unchanged	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), “llafar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies