chwalfa

Welsh

Etymology

From chwalu +‎ -fa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχwalva/

Noun

chwalfa f (plural chwalfeydd, not mutable)

1. dispersal
2. breakup, meltdown, crash
3. upset, upheaval

Derived terms

• chwalfa disg (“disk crash”)
• chwalfa foesol (“moral collapse”)
• chwalfa gymdeithasol (“social fragmentation”)
• chwalfa nerfau, chwalfa nerfol (“nervous breakdown”)
• chwalfa poblogaeth (“population crash”)
• chwalfa'r teulu (“family breakdown”)
• chwim dwf a chwalfa (“boom and bust”)

 

Further reading

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