cyfan

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvan/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəva/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvan/

Adjective

cyfan (feminine singular cyfan, plural cyfain or cyfaeon, not comparable)

1. whole, complete

   Synonyms: hollol, llwyr

Noun

cyfan m (plural cyfanion or cyfannau)

1. whole, entirety

   Synonym: cwbl

Derived terms

• cyfandir (“continent”)
• cyfaniaeth (“holism”)
• cyfannol (“holistic”)
• cyfannu (“to make whole”)
• cyfanrif (“whole number, integer”)
• cyfanrwydd (“entirety”)
• cyfanswm (“sum total”)
• cyfanwerth (“wholesale”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cyfan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfan	gyfan	nghyfan	chyfan

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), “cyfan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies