llafar
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh llauar, from Proto-Brythonic *llaβar, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlabros.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬavar/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬaːvar/, /ˈɬavar/
Adjective
llafar (feminine singular llafar, plural llafar, equative llafared, comparative llafarach, superlative llafaraf)
- vocal, oral, verbal
- loud, vociferous
- colloquial
Derived terms
- aflafar (“dissonant, harsh, discordant”)
- ar lafar (“verbally, orally, colloquially”)
- cyflafar (“harmonious, consonant”)
- llafaredd (“oracy”)
- llafareg (“enunciation, elocution”)
- llafarganu (“to chant”)
- llafariad (“vowel”)
- llafarog (“vocal, voiced; vocalic; vowel”)
- llafarol (“vocal”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llafar | lafar | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llafar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies