cryf

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cryf, from Proto-Brythonic *krɨβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kriɸmos (compare Breton kreñv, Cornish krev).

corff, a Latin borrowing, is from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *krep- (“body”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /krɨːv/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /krɨː/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːv/
Rhymes: -ɨːv

Adjective

cryf (feminine singular cref, plural cryfion, equative cryfed, comparative cryfach, superlative cryfaf)

strong
Synonym: nerthol
tending to constipate, astringent (of medicine or substance)

Derived terms

cryfder (“strength”)
cryfhau (“to strengthen”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cryf*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cryf	gryf	nghryf	chryf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cryf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krif-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224