cryf
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *krɨβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kriɸmos (compare Breton kreñv, Cornish krev).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /krɨːv/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /krɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kriːv/
Adjective
cryf (feminine singular cref, plural cryfion, equative cryfed, comparative cryfach, superlative cryfaf)
- (rare, formal, literary) strong
- tending to constipate, astringent (of medicine or substance)
Derived terms
- cryfder (“strength”)
- cryfhau (“to strengthen”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cryf | gryf | nghryf | chryf |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “cryf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies