diffygiol

Welsh

Etymology

From diffyg (“fault”) +‎ -iol.

Adjective

diffygiol (feminine singular diffygiol, plural diffygiol, equative mor ddiffygiol, comparative mwy diffygiol, superlative mwyaf diffygiol)

  1. faulty, defective
  2. deficient, wanting
    Synonyms: beius, gwallus

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of diffygiol
radical soft nasal aspirate
diffygiol ddiffygiol niffygiol unchanged

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “diffygiol”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diffygiol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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