angof
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋɔv/
- Rhymes: -aŋɔv
Noun
angof m (usually uncountable, plural anghofiau or anghofion)
- forgetfulness
- Synonyms: angof, anghofrwydd
- oblivion
- Synonyms: angof, anghofrwydd, ebargofiant
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog):
- Pwy all beidio â chofio amdano? / Pwy all beidio â thraethu’i glod? / Dyma gariad nad â’n angof / Tra fo nefoedd wen yn bod.
- Who can but remember him? / Who can but declare his praise? / Here is love that shall not be forgotten / While glorious heavens shall last.
- Pwy all beidio â chofio amdano? / Pwy all beidio â thraethu’i glod? / Dyma gariad nad â’n angof / Tra fo nefoedd wen yn bod.
Derived terms
- anghofio (“to forget”, verb)
- anghofrwydd (“forgetfulness”)
- anghofus (“oblivious”, adjective)
- anghofuster (“obliviscence”)
- mynd yn angof (“to be forgotten”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| angof | unchanged | unchanged | hangof |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “angof”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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