ogof
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Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (archaic) gogof
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh gocof, cf. Old Welsh guocobauc ‘cavernous’ (modern ogofog), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-kubā. Cognate with Cornish gogow and Breton gougoñv.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɔɡɔv/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈoːɡɔv/, /ˈɔɡɔv/
Noun[edit]
ogof f (plural ogofâu or ogofeydd or ogofau)
Derived terms[edit]
- ogofa (“to cave”)
- ogof-annedd (“cave dwelling”)
- ogofäwr (“caver, potholer”)
- ogofeg (“speleology”)
- ogofegol (“speleological”)
- ogofdy (“grotto”)
- ogofwr (“speleologist”)
- rhedyn yr ogofau (“spleenwort”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ogof | unchanged | unchanged | hogof |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||