cyfyng

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyving, from Proto-Celtic *komangus (compare Old Irish cumung), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂enǵʰ- (“tight, painfully constricted”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvɨ̞ŋ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvɪŋ/
Rhymes: -əvɨ̞ŋ

Adjective

cyfyng (feminine singular cyfyng, plural cyfyng, equative cyfynged, comparative cyfyngach, superlative cyfyngaf)

narrow
Synonyms: cul, anaeng, tynn
confined, restricted
Synonyms: cyfyngedig, gwasgedig
difficult
Synonyms: gofidus, enbyd, dyrys
limited in scope

Derived terms

cyfyngder, cyfyngdra (“distress, straits, adversity”)
cyfyngfor (“straits, narrow sea”)
cyfyngu (“to narrow, to constrict”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cyfyng*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfyng	gyfyng	nghyfyng	chyfyng

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

References

Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyfyng”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies