fordh

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) for'

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [fɔrð]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [fɔrð]

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish fordh, from Old Cornish ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Breton forzh, Welsh ffordd.

Noun

fordh f (plural fordhow)

1. road
2. way, manner

Derived terms

• amal fordh (“roadside”)
• dhe hanter an fordh (“midway”)
• fordh a-dro (“roundabout”)
• fordh dhall (“dead end, cul-de-sac”)
• fordh dhibarth (“junction”)
• fordh dremen (“bypass”)
• fordh lan (“clearway, thoroughfare”)
• fordh veur (“highway”)
• fordh-oberi (“methodology”)
• fowt fordh aral (“as a last resort”)
• min fordh (“roadside”)
• mos y'n fordh (“be on one's way”)
• neb fordh (“somehow”)
• penn an fordh (“destination”)
• tenewen an fordh (“roadside”)
• war ow fordh hir (“in the end, in the long run”)
• y'n fordh aral (“on the other hand”)
• y'n fordh ma (“in this way, thus”)
• y'n fordh na (“like that, thus”)
• yn neb fordh (“anyway”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fordh

1. Mixed mutation of bordh (“table, board”).

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 58