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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh porffor, from Proto-Brythonic *porfor, from Latin purpura (“purple”) (compare Old Irish corcur, modern Irish corcra).
Pronunciation
Adjective
porffor (feminine singular porffor, plural porffor, equative mor borffor, comparative mwy porffor, superlative mwyaf porffor)
- purple
- 1918, Hedd Wyn, "Atgo":
- Dim ond lleuad borffor / Ar fin y mynydd llwm; / A sŵn hen afon Prysor / Yn canu yn y Cwm.
- Only a purple moon / On the edge of the bare mountain; / And the sound of the old river Prysor / Singing in the Valley.
- Synonyms: cochlas, ehöeg, glasgoch, piws
Derived terms
Mutation
See also
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “porffor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies