porffor

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh porffor, from Proto-Brythonic *porfor, from Latin purpura (“purple”) (compare Old Irish corcur, modern Irish corcra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔrfɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrfɔr

Adjective

porffor (feminine singular porffor, plural porffor, equative mor borffor, comparative mwy porffor, superlative mwyaf porffor)

  1. purple
    • 1918, Hedd Wyn, "Atgo":
      Dim ond lleuad borffor / Ar fin y mynydd llwm; / A sŵn hen afon Prysor / Yn canu yn y Cwm.
      Only a purple moon / On the edge of the bare mountain; / And the sound of the old river Prysor / Singing in the Valley.
    Synonyms: cochlas, ehöeg, glasgoch, piws

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
porffor borffor mhorffor phorffor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du
             coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
             melynwyrdd              gwyrdd             
             gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
             fioled, rhuddlas; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc, rhuddwyn

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