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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *magos (“field”). Compare Cornish -va, Old Irish mag, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.[1]
According to Morris-Jones,[2] in some cases (such as lladdfa) instead from the verbnoun ending -fan (as in hedfan), from Proto-Celtic *-man.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-fa f (plural -feydd or -faoedd or -fâu)
- Used to derive places from verbs and nouns.
- Synonym: -le
- swydd (“job”) + -fa → swyddfa (“office”)
- meddyg (“doctor”) + -fa → meddygfa (“doctor's surgery”)
- myned (“to go”) + -fa → mynedfa (“entrance”)
- amlosgi (“to cremate”) + -fa → amlosgfa (“crematorium”)
- Used to derive actions and states from verbs and nouns.
- cyboli (“to jumble”) + -fa → cybolfa (“hotchpotch, jumble”)
- cosi (“to itch; to beat”) + -fa → cosfa (“itch; beating, hiding”)
- dal (“to catch, to seize”) + -fa → dalfa (“custody”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-fa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii 16