cyfair

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Welsh

Alternative forms

cyfer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kom- + *ɸare.^[1]

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvai̯r/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvɛr/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvai̯r/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvɛr/

Noun

cyfair m (plural cyfeiriau)

(obsolete) direction, region, place
acre
Synonyms: acer, erw

Derived terms

cyfeiriad (“direction; address”)
cyfeiriadur (“directory”)
cyfeiriant (“bearing”)
cyfeirio (“to direct; to address”)
cyfeirlyfr (“reference book”)
cyfeirnod (“reference mark”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cyfair*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfair	gyfair	nghyfair	chyfair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 215 iii (9)

Further reading

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

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