cyfyng

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

cyfyng (feminine singular cyfyng, plural cyfyng)

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

Mutation

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