cyfiawnder

Welsh

FWOTD – 12 July 2013

Etymology

From cyfiawn (“righteous, upright, just, equitable, good; lawful, rightful; impartial; correct, accurate, right, regular, appropriate, suitable, fitting”, adjective) +‎ -der.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjau̯ndɛr/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjau̯ndar/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəvˈjau̯ndɛr/

Noun

cyfiawnder m (uncountable)

1. (law, etc.) righteousness, justice, equity, uprightness, justness
2. righteous act, work of righteousness
3. conformity to law, especially divine law
1. right, just claim or title to possession
2. appropriateness, fitness

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cyfiawnder.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyfiawnder	gyfiawnder	nghyfiawnder	chyfiawnder
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “cyfiawnder”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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