llafar

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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)

vocal, oral, verbal
Synonym: lleisiol
loud, vociferous
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

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

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