rhyfel

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Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh ryuel, from Latin rebellis (“making war anew”), from rebello (“to wage war”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥əvɛl/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥əval/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥əvɛl/
Rhymes: -əvɛl

Noun

rhyfel m or f (plural rhyfeloedd)

Derived terms

Ail Ryfel Byd (“Second World War”)
arfau rhyfel (“ammunitions”)
arglwydd rhyfel (“warlord”)
carcharor rhyfel (“prisoner of war”)
cerbyd rhyfel (“(war) chariot”)
cyfraith rhyfel (“martial law”)
cyhoeddi rhyfel (“declaration of war”)
dioddefwr rhyfel (“victim of war”)
euogrwydd rhyfel (“war guilt”)
ffrwydron rhyfel (“ammunition”)
llong ryfel (“warship”)
llongau rhyfel (“battleships”)
pensiwn rhyfel (“war pension”)
Rhyfel Annibyniaeth America (“American War of Independence”)
rhyfel athreuliol (“war of attrition”)
Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf (“First World War”)
Rhyfel Can Mlynedd (“Hundred Years' War”)
rhyfel cartref (“civil war”)
rhyfel cyfiawn (“just war”)
Rhyfel Deng Mlynedd ar Hugain (“Thirty Years' War”)
rhyfel dosbarth (“class struggle”)
rhyfel gerila (“guerilla warfare”)
Rhyfel Mawr (“Great War”)
Rhyfel Oer (“Cold War”)
rhyfel olyniaeth (“war of succession”)
rhyfel sanctaidd (“holy war”)
Rhyfel y Boer (“Boer War”)
Rhyfel y Crimea (“Crimean War”)
Rhyfel y Degwm (“Tithe War”)
Rhyfel y Marchogion (“Knights' War”)
Rhyfel y Werin (“Peasants' War”)
rhyfel ymosodedd (“war of aggression”)
Rhyfel yr Esgobion (“Bishops' War”)
rhyfela (“to wage war”)
rhyfeloedd llwythol (“tribal warfare”)
Rhyfeloedd y Rhosynnod (“Wars of the Roses”)
rhyfelwr (“warrior”)
trosedd rhyfel (“war crime”)
troseddwr rhyfel (“war criminal”)

Mutation

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

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