ysgafn

• (standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈəsɡavn/, [ˈəskavn]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈəsɡau̯n/, [ˈəskau̯n]

From Middle Welsh ysgavyn, from Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *skamos.

• ysgawn, ysgon

ysgafn (feminine singular ysgafn, plural ysgafnion or ysgeifn, equative ysgafned, comparative ysgafnach, superlative ysgafnaf)

1. light (not heavy)

   Antonym: trwm

2. light-footed, nimble

   Synonyms: cyflym, buan, chwim, chwimwth, sionc

3. lighthearted
4. mild, gentle, subtle

   Synonym: tyner

   1. cheap (low in price)

      Synonym: rhad

5. easy

   Synonym: hawdd

• penysgafn (“dizzy, scatterbrained”)
• ysgafnder (“lightness; levity”)
• ysgafndroed (“light-footed”)
• ysgafnhad (“lightening, easing”)
• ysgafnhau (“to lighten”)

Possibly related to Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambha), Latin scamnum (“ridge of earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to hold up”).

• ysgawn

ysgafn m or f (plural ysgafnau)

1. haystack, stack, rick

   Synonyms: tas, rhic, stwc

2. heap, pile

   Synonyms: pentwr, cruglwyth

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