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)

Derived terms

aflafar (“dissonant, harsh, discordant”)
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-), “llafar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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