llif

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬiːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv
• Homophone: llyf (South Wales)

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh llif, from Proto-Brythonic *lliβ̃, from Latin līma (“file”); compare Cornish liv (“file”), Middle Breton liü (“file”).

Noun

llif f (plural llifiau)

1. saw

Compounds

• cylchlif
• durlif
• haclif
• herclif
• llawlif
• llif gron
• llifdoriad
• llifddanheddog
• lliflys
• trawslif

 

Derived terms

• llifiad
• llifio
• llifiwr

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh llif, from Proto-Brythonic *lliβ̃ (compare Cornish liv (“flood”), Breton liñv (“flood”)), deverbative of Proto-Celtic *liyeti (“flow”).^[1]

Noun

llif m (plural llifogydd or llifoedd)

1. flood

   Synonyms: llifeiriant, dilyw, boddfa

2. stream
3. current

   Synonyms: ffrwd, cerrynt

Derived terms

• adlif
• all-lif
• cenllif
• fflachlif
• ffrydlif
• gwrthlif
• hylif
• jetlif
• llenlif
• llifbridd
• llifddor
• llifddwfr
• llifeiriant
• llifo
• llifolau
• llifwaddod
• mewnlif
• mislif
• rhedlif
• trolif

 

Noun

llif m (plural llifau)

1. flow

Derived terms

• ffrydlif
• gorlif

Mutation

Mutated forms of llif

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llif	lif	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 242