hendref
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From hen (“old”) + tref (“dwelling, home”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hendref m (plural hendrefydd or hendrefi, not mutable)
- winter dwelling (located in the valley, to which the family and livestock return after summer months at the upland hafod)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- hafod (“summer abode”)
Derived terms[edit]
- hendrefa (“to live in a winter abode”)
Related terms[edit]
- hafota (“to live in a summer abode”)
- trawstrefa (“to practise transhumance”)
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hendref”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies