dogfen

Welsh

Etymology

Coined by the 16th-century scholar Gruffydd Robert as a borrowing from Medieval Latin documentum,[1] but shaped as if it had been inherited from a Proto-Brythonic intermediate *dogβ̃en. Doublet of dociwment, a modern borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔɡ.vɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡvɛn

Noun

dogfen f (plural dogfennau)

  1. document
    Synonym: dociwment
  2. article of faith
    Synonym: erthygl ffydd
  3. instruction
    Synonyms: cyfarwyddyd, arweiniad
  4. rule
    Synonym: rheol

Derived terms

  • dogfennaeth (“documentation”)
  • dogfennol (“documentary”, adjective)
  • dogfennu (“to document”)
  • rhaglen ddogfen (“documentary programme”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dogfen
radical soft nasal aspirate
dogfen ddogfen nogfen unchanged

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

References

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