rhyfel

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh ryuel, from Latin rebellis (“making war anew”), from rebello (“to wage war”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rhyfel m or f (plural rhyfeloedd)

  1. war, warfare
  2. conflict
  3. battle

Derived terms
  • * Ail Ryfel Byd (“Second World War”)
    • arfau rhyfel (“ammunitions”)
    • arglwydd rhyfel (“warlord”)
    • carcharor rhyfel (“prisoner of war”)
    • cerbyd rhyfel (“(war) chariot”)
    • cyfraith rhyfel (“martial law”)
    • cyhoeddi rhyfel (“declaration of war”)
    • dioddefwr rhyfel (“victim of war”)
    • euogrwydd rhyfel (“war guilt”)
    • ffrwydron rhyfel (“ammunition”)
    • llong ryfel (“warship”)
    • llongau rhyfel (“battleships”)
    • Rhyfel Annibyniaeth America (“American War of Independence”)
    • Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf (“First World War”)
    • Rhyfel Can Mlynedd (“Hundred Years' War”)
    • rhyfel cartref (“civil war”)
    • rhyfel cyfiawn (“just war”)
    • Rhyfel Deng Mlynedd ar Hugain (“Thirty Years' War”)
    • rhyfel dosbarth (“class struggle”)
    • rhyfel gerila (“guerilla warfare”)
    • Rhyfel Oer (“Cold War”)
    • rhyfel olyniaeth (“war of succession”)
    • Rhyfel Mawr (“Great War”)
    • rhyfel sanctaidd (“holy war”)
    • Rhyfel y Boer (“Boer War”)
    • Rhyfel y Crimea (“Crimean War”)
    • Rhyfel y Degwm (“Tithe War”)
    • Rhyfel y Marchogion (“Knights' War”)
    • Rhyfel y Werin (“Peasants' War”)
    • rhyfel ymosodedd (“war of aggression”)
    • Rhyfel yr Esgobion (“Bishops' War”)
    • rhyfela (“to wage war”)
    • rhyfeloedd llwythol (“tribal warfare”)
    • Rhyfeloedd y Rhosynnod (“Wars of the Roses”)
    • rhyfelwr (“warrior”)
    • pensiwn rhyfel (“war pension”)
    • trosedd rhyfel (“war crime”)
    • troseddwr rhyfel (“war criminal”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhyfel ryfel unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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