Rhufain

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Ruuein, from Proto-Brythonic *rrʉβ̃ėn, from Vulgar Latin Rōmănia, from Latin Rōmānia (“Roman Empire”), from Ancient Greek Ῥωμᾱνίᾱ (Rhōmāníā).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɨ̞vai̯n/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːvai̯n/, /ˈr̥ɪvai̯n/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːvɛn/, /ˈr̥ɪvɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ̞vai̯n

Proper noun

Rhufain f

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 263
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