claf

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh claf, from Proto-Brythonic *klaβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *klamos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /klaːv/
  • Rhymes: -aːv

Adjective

claf (feminine singular claf, plural cleifion, equative clafed, comparative clafach, superlative clafaf)

  1. ill, unwell, diseased

Derived terms
  • claf o gariad (“lovesick”)
  • clafdy (“infirmary”)
  • clafychu (“ail, sicken”)
  • clefyd (“disease, illness”)

Noun

claf m (plural cleifion)

  1. patient, invalid

Derived terms
  • claf allanol (“out-patient”)
  • claf mewnol (“in-patient”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
claf glaf nghlaf chlaf
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), “claf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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