dwfr

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Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʊvr/

Noun

dwfr m (plural dyfroedd)

literary form of dŵr (“water”)

Usage notes

Although not used as an independent word outside of very literary contexts, dwfr is common in derived terms as can be seen below.

Derived terms

dyframaethu (“aquaculture”)
dyfredig (“irrigated”)
dyfrforon (“marshwort”)
dyfrffordd (“waterway”)
dyfrffos (“water course, ditch”)
dyfrgi (“otter”)
dyfrio (“to water”)
dyfriog (“watery”)
dyfrlawn (“waterlogged”)
dyfrlliw (“water colour”)
dyfrllyd (“aqueous, watery”)
dyfrnod (“watermark”)
dyfrol (“aquatic”)
dyfrsail (“water-based”)
dyfrhad (“to water, to irrigate”)
dyfrhad (“irrigation”)
dyfrhaen (“aquifer”)
rhedyn y dwfr (“water ferns”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *dwfr*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dwfr	ddwfr	nwfr	unchanged

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

Further reading

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

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