cyfiawnder

Welsh

FWOTD – 12 July 2013

Etymology

From cyfiawn (“righteous, upright, just, equitable, good; lawful, rightful; impartial; correct, accurate, right, regular, appropriate, suitable, fitting”, adjective) +‎ -der.

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjau̯ndɛr/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjau̯ndar/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjau̯ndɛr/

Noun

cyfiawnder m (plural cyfiawnderau)

(law, etc.) righteousness, justice, equity, uprightness, justness
righteous act, work of righteousness
conformity to law, especially divine law
right, just claim or title to possession
appropriateness, fitness

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cyfiawnder.

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cyfiawnder*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfiawnder	gyfiawnder	nghyfiawnder	chyfiawnder

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), “cyfiawnder”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies