cynffon

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkənfɔn/
• Rhymes: -ənfɔn

Noun

cynffon f (plural cynffonnau or cynffonion)

1. (anatomy) tail

   Synonyms: cwt, rhonell

2. (by extension) any similar object or part or appendage:
   1. the tail of a comet, line or stroke of a letter, the tail and bottom part of a coat, skirt, etc., wake of ship, rear of army or procession, end or extremity, cue

   Synonym: llosgwrn

3. (figuratively) consequence, logical conclusion; retinue, clients of lord or nobleman; rabble, inferior or lower class; queue
4. flatterer, sycophant

   Synonyms: cynffongi, cynffonwr

5. flattery

Derived terms

• adar cynffon gloyw (“silktail”)
• adar haul cynffon-goch (“fire-tailed sunbird”)
• bras cynffon bigog (“sharp-tailed sparrow”)
• bras cynffon winau (“cinnamon-tailed sparrow”)
• conwra cynffon frowngoch (“maroon-tailed conure”)
• cordeyrn cynffon gwta (“short-tailed pygmy-tyrant”)
• cynfonllyd (“fawning, flattering”)
• cynffongar (“fawning, flattering”)
• cynffongi (“sycophant, parasite, sponger”)
• cynffon adfach (“barbtail, treerunner”)
• cynffon goch (“redstart”)
• cynffon llygoden (“mousetail”)
• cynffon sidan (“waxwing”)
• cynffon siswrn (“sheartail”)
• cynffon titw (“dyer's rocket, weld”)
• cynffon twrci (“turkeytail”)
• cynffon twrci ffug (“false turkeytail”)
• cynffon y cabwllt, cynffon y capwllt, cynffon y ceiliog (“common valerian”)
• cynffon y gath (“bulrush; timothy grass”)
• cynffon ysgyfarnog (“hare's-tail”)
• cynffonddu (“black-tailed”)
• cynffoneiddiwch (“a tendency to flatter”)
• cynffonlas (“blue-tailed”)
• cynffonna (“to wag the tail, to fawn, to suck up to (someone)”)
• cynffonnaidd (“fawning, flattering”)
• cynffonnog (“tailed”)
• cynffonnog (“fawning, flattering”)
• cynffonnwr (“toady, sycophant, flatterer”)
• cynffonwellt (“foxtail”)
  →cynffon y cadno (“meadow foxtail”)
• drongo cynffon sgwar (“square-tailed drongo”)
• drudwen loyw gynffon efydd (“bronze-tailed glossy starling”)
• eryr cynffon lletem (“wedge-tailed eagle”)
• glesyn cynffon fer (“short-tailed blue butterfly”)
• glesyn cynffon hir (“long-tailed blue butterfly”)
• glöyn cynffon gwennol (“swallowtail butterfly”)
• gwybed-robin cynffon-dro (“Australian brown flycatcher”)
• gwyfyn cynffon gwennol (“swallow-tailed moth”)
• hwyaden gynffon fain (“pintail duck”)
• hwyaden gynffon gwennol (“long-tailed duck”)
• llyriad cynffon llygoden (“greater plantain”)
• manacin cynffon bigfain (“lance-tailed manakin”)
• manacin cynffon hirflew (“wire-tailed manakin”)
• parotan cynffon aur (“golden-tailed parrotlet”)
• pedryn cynffon-fforchog (“Leach's storm petrel”)
• peisgwellt cynffon gwiwer, peisgwellt â chynffon gwiwer (“squirreltail fescue”)
• pibydd cynffon-hir (“upland sandpiper”)
• pila melyn cynffon resog (“stripe-tailed yellow finch”)
• pila telorus cynffon blaen (“plain-tailed warbling finch”)
• sgrech-bioden gynffon rhiciog (“notch-tailed tree pie”)
• siglen cynffon y gath (“reedmace bulrush”)
• siobyn cynffon felen (“yellow-tail moth”)
• siobyn cynffon frown (“brown-tail moth”)
• sylff gynffon fioled (“violet-tail sylph”)
• telor cynffon emiw (“brown feather-tailed warbler”)
• teyrn cynffon ceiliog (“cock-tailed tyrant”)
• titw cynffon-hir, glas gynffon hir (“long-tailed tit”)
• troellwr cynffon ysgol (“ladder-tailed nightjar”)
• y gynffon las (“Buddleia”)
• ysgiwen gynffon hir (“long-tailed skua”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cynffon

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cynffon	gynffon	nghynffon	chynffon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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