dwfr
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Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dwfr m (plural dyfroedd)
- literary form of dŵr (“water”)
Usage notes
[edit]- Although not used as an independent word outside of very literary contexts, dwfr is common in derived terms as can be seen below.
Derived terms
[edit]- dyframaethu (“aquaculture”)
- dyfredig (“irrigated”)
- dyfrforon (“marshwort”)
- dyfrffordd (“waterway”)
- dyfrffos (“water course, ditch”)
- dyfrgi (“otter”)
- dyfrio (“to water”)
- dyfriog (“watery”)
- dyfrlawn (“waterlogged”)
- dyfrlliw (“water colour”)
- dyfrllyd (“aqueous, watery”)
- dyfrnod (“watermark”)
- dyfrol (“aquatic”)
- dyfrsail (“water-based”)
- dyfrhad (“irrigation”)
- dyfrhad (“to water, to irrigate”)
- dyfrhaen (“aquifer”)
- rhedyn y dwfr (“water ferns”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dwfr | ddwfr | nwfr | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dwfr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies