cyfan

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvan/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəva/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvan/

Adjective

cyfan (feminine singular cyfan, plural cyfain or cyfaeon, not comparable)

whole, complete
Synonyms: hollol, llwyr

Noun

cyfan m (plural cyfanion or cyfannau)

whole, entirety
Synonym: cwbl

Derived terms

cyfandir (“continent”)
cyfaniaeth (“holism”)
cyfannol (“holistic”)
cyfannu (“to make whole”)
cyfanrif (“whole number, integer”)
cyfanrwydd (“entirety”)
cyfanswm (“sum total”)
cyfanwerth (“wholesale”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cyfan*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfan	gyfan	nghyfan	chyfan

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

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyfan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies