uchaf

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ʉxaβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ouxsamos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞χav/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈəχa/, /ˈəχa/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈiːχav/, /ˈɪχav/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈəχa/

Adjective

uchaf

1. superlative degree of uchel: highest

Derived terms

• goruchaf (“supreme”)
• uchafbarth (“ highest respect”)
• uchafbwynt (“high point, climax”)
• uchafbwyntiol (“climactic”)
• uchafed (“upper part of a shoe”)
• uchafedigol (“superlative”)
• uchafiaeth (“supremacy, dominance”)
• uchaflys (“higher law”)
• uchafnod (“climax, pinnacle”)
• uchafol (“superior”)
• uchafradd (“superlative”)
• uchafrif (“highest number”)
• uchafswm (“maximum”)
• uchafu (“to raise”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
uchaf	unchanged	unchanged	huchaf
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), “uchaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies