Aifft

Welsh

Alternative forms

• yr Aipht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh yr Eifft, from Proto-Brythonic *ėɣɨft, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯fd/, [aift]
  • (with definite article) IPA^(key): /əˈrai̯fd/, [əˈraift]

Proper noun

yr Aifft f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Usage notes

• This country name is always preceded by the definite article yr.

Derived terms

• Eifftaidd (“Egyptian”, adjective)
• Eiffteg (“Egyptian (language)”, adjective or noun)
• Eifftes (“Egyptian (woman)”)
• Eifftiad (“Egyptian (man/woman)”)
• Eifftiwr (“Egyptian (man)”)
• Gweriniaeth Arabaidd yr Aifft (“Arab Republic of Egypt”)
• yr Hen Aifft (“Ancient Egypt”)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft

References

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN