dogfen

Welsh

Etymology

Coined by the 16th-century scholar Gruffydd Robert as a borrowing from Medieval Latin documentum,[1] but shaped as if it had been inherited from a Proto-Brythonic intermediate *dogβ̃en.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔɡ.vɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡvɛn

Noun

dogfen f (plural dogfennau)

  1. document
  2. article of faith
  3. instruction
  4. rule

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

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