cyfrwy

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyfreieu (“leashes”), from Proto-Brythonic *kuβ̃ruɨɣ (compare Breton kevre (“link”), Cornish kevren (“bond, link”)), from Proto-Celtic *komrigā (“bond, binding”), prefixed deverbative of *rig- (“to bind”) (compare Old Irish con·rig), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“stretch tight, bind”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvrʊɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvrʊi̯/

Noun

cyfrwy m (plural cyfrwyau)

1. saddle

Derived terms

• cyfrwyo

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfrwy	gyfrwy	nghyfrwy	chyfrwy
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), “cyfrwy”, 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, pages 215, 312