claf

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɑːf/

Verb

clāf

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of clīfan

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh claf, from Proto-Brythonic *klaβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *klamos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klaːv/
  • Rhymes: -aːv

Adjective

claf (feminine singular claf, plural cleifion, equative clafed, comparative clafach, superlative clafaf)

  1. ill, unwell, diseased

Derived terms

  • claf o gariad (“lovesick”)
  • clafychu (“ail, sicken”)
  • clefyd (“disease, illness”)

Noun

claf m (plural cleifion)

  1. patient, invalid

Derived terms

  • claf allanol (“out-patient”)
  • claf mewnol (“in-patient”)
  • clafdy (“infirmary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of claf
radical soft nasal aspirate
claf glaf nghlaf chlaf

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), “claf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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