ffordd
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Welsh fforð, from Old Welsh ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Cornish fordh, Breton forzh.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ffordd f (plural ffyrdd, not mutable)
Derived terms[edit]
- ar y ffordd (“on the road”)
- croesffordd (“crossroads”)
- cyffordd (“junction”)
- cylchffordd
- ffordd haearn
- ffordd o fyw
- pa ffordd (“which way?”)
- priffordd (“highway, main road”)
- rheilffordd (“railway”)
- traffordd
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Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of pa ffordd (“which way”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ffordd
- (South Wales, colloquial) how
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffordd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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