cyfyng

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyving, from Proto-Celtic *komangus (compare Old Irish cumung), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”) + *h₂enǵʰ- (“tight, painfully constricted”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvɨ̞ŋ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəvɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əvɨ̞ŋ

Adjective

cyfyng (feminine singular cyfyng, plural cyfyng, equative cyfynged, comparative cyfyngach, superlative cyfyngaf)

1. narrow, confined
2. difficult
3. limited in scope

Synonyms

• cul

Derived terms

• cyfyngu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfyng	gyfyng	nghyfyng	chyfyng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.