cynffon

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkənfɔn/
Rhymes: -ənfɔn

Noun

cynffon f (plural cynffonnau or cynffonion)

(anatomy) tail
Synonyms: cwt, rhonell
(by extension) any similar object or part or appendage:
1. the tail of a comet, line or stroke of a letter, the tail and bottom part of a coat, skirt, etc., wake of ship, rear of army or procession, end or extremity, cue
Synonym: llosgwrn
(figuratively) consequence, logical conclusion; retinue, clients of lord or nobleman; rabble, inferior or lower class; queue
flatterer, sycophant
Synonyms: cynffongi, cynffonwr
flattery

Derived terms

adar cynffon gloyw (“silktail”)
adar haul cynffon-goch (“fire-tailed sunbird”)
bras cynffon bigog (“sharp-tailed sparrow”)
bras cynffon winau (“cinnamon-tailed sparrow”)
conwra cynffon frowngoch (“maroon-tailed conure”)
cordeyrn cynffon gwta (“short-tailed pygmy-tyrant”)
cynfonllyd (“fawning, flattering”)
cynffongar (“fawning, flattering”)
cynffongi (“sycophant, parasite, sponger”)
cynffon adfach (“barbtail, treerunner”)
cynffon goch (“redstart”)
cynffon llygoden (“mousetail”)
cynffon sidan (“waxwing”)
cynffon siswrn (“sheartail”)
cynffon titw (“dyer's rocket, weld”)
cynffon twrci (“turkeytail”)
cynffon twrci ffug (“false turkeytail”)
cynffon y cabwllt, cynffon y capwllt, cynffon y ceiliog (“common valerian”)
cynffon y gath (“bulrush; timothy grass”)
cynffon ysgyfarnog (“hare's-tail”)
cynffonddu (“black-tailed”)
cynffoneiddiwch (“a tendency to flatter”)
cynffonlas (“blue-tailed”)
cynffonna (“to wag the tail, to fawn, to suck up to (someone)”)
cynffonnaidd (“fawning, flattering”)
cynffonnog (“tailed”)
cynffonnog (“fawning, flattering”)
cynffonnwr (“toady, sycophant, flatterer”)
cynffonwellt (“foxtail”)
→cynffon y cadno (“meadow foxtail”)
drongo cynffon sgwar (“square-tailed drongo”)
drudwen loyw gynffon efydd (“bronze-tailed glossy starling”)
eryr cynffon lletem (“wedge-tailed eagle”)
glesyn cynffon fer (“short-tailed blue butterfly”)
glesyn cynffon hir (“long-tailed blue butterfly”)
glöyn cynffon gwennol (“swallowtail butterfly”)
gwybed-robin cynffon-dro (“Australian brown flycatcher”)
gwyfyn cynffon gwennol (“swallow-tailed moth”)
hwyaden gynffon fain (“pintail duck”)
hwyaden gynffon gwennol (“long-tailed duck”)
llyriad cynffon llygoden (“greater plantain”)
manacin cynffon bigfain (“lance-tailed manakin”)
manacin cynffon hirflew (“wire-tailed manakin”)
parotan cynffon aur (“golden-tailed parrotlet”)
pedryn cynffon-fforchog (“Leach's storm petrel”)
peisgwellt cynffon gwiwer, peisgwellt â chynffon gwiwer (“squirreltail fescue”)
pibydd cynffon-hir (“upland sandpiper”)
pila melyn cynffon resog (“stripe-tailed yellow finch”)
pila telorus cynffon blaen (“plain-tailed warbling finch”)
sgrech-bioden gynffon rhiciog (“notch-tailed tree pie”)
siglen cynffon y gath (“reedmace bulrush”)
siobyn cynffon felen (“yellow-tail moth”)
siobyn cynffon frown (“brown-tail moth”)
sylff gynffon fioled (“violet-tail sylph”)
telor cynffon emiw (“brown feather-tailed warbler”)
teyrn cynffon ceiliog (“cock-tailed tyrant”)
titw cynffon-hir, glas gynffon hir (“long-tailed tit”)
troellwr cynffon ysgol (“ladder-tailed nightjar”)
y gynffon las (“Buddleia”)
ysgiwen gynffon hir (“long-tailed skua”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cynffon*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cynffon	gynffon	nghynffon	chynffon

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