cefn
See also: Cefn
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh keuen. Related to Breton kein (“back”), Cornish keyn (“back”), Gaulish Cebenna (“ridge, height”) (whence French Cévennes).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /kɛvn/, [ˈkʰɛvn̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkeːvɛn/, /ˈkɛvɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɛvn
Noun
cefn m (plural cefnau or cefnoedd or cefnydd)
Derived terms
- ar gefn (“in addition to, as a consequence of, with regard to; at the expense of; on top, upon, up to”)
- cefngoch (“red-backed”)
- cefn cynhaeaf (“mid-harvest; prime of life”)
- cefn dydd; cefn dydd golau (“midday, broad daylight”)
- cefn dyn (“successful man, man of substance”)
- cefn esgid (“uppers”) (of a boot)
- cefn gefn, cefngefn (“back to back, addorsed; at variance”)
- cefn gweilgi (“mid-ocean”)
- cefn gwlad (“mid-country, heart of the countryside”)
- cefn llaw (“back of the hand; back-hander”)
- cefn lloer (“full moon; crescent of the moon, half moon”)
- cefn nos, cefn y nos (“midnight, dead of night”)
- cefn troed (“instep”)
- cefn y drin (“rearguard”)
- cefnddu (“black-backed”)
- cefnog (“backed, having a back; strong, stout brave”)
- cefnu (“forsake, abandon, back off”)
- (rugby) cefnwr (“fullback”)
- cefnwyn (“white-backed”)
- cefnwyrdd (“green-backed”)
- gwarcefn (“nape”)
- wrth gefn (“in reserve; following, in support”)
- yng nghefn (“behind one's back, underhand; following, pursuing”)
Related terms
- (agriculture) rhych (“furrow”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cefn | gefn | nghefn | chefn |
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), “cefn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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