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See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magos (“field”). Compare Cornish -va, Old Irish mag, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.^[1]

According to Morris-Jones,^[2] in some cases (such as lladdfa) instead from the verbnoun ending -fan (as in hedfan), from Proto-Celtic *-man.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va/

Suffix

-fa f (plural -feydd or -faoedd or -fâu)

Used to derive places from verbs and nouns.
Synonym: -le

‎swydd (“job”) + ‎-fa → ‎swyddfa (“office”)

‎meddyg (“doctor”) + ‎-fa → ‎meddygfa (“doctor's surgery”)

‎myned (“to go”) + ‎-fa → ‎mynedfa (“entrance”)

‎amlosgi (“to cremate”) + ‎-fa → ‎amlosgfa (“crematorium”)
Used to derive actions and states from verbs and nouns.
‎cyboli (“to jumble”) + ‎-fa → ‎cybolfa (“hotchpotch, jumble”)

‎cosi (“to itch; to beat”) + ‎-fa → ‎cosfa (“itch; beating, hiding”)

‎dal (“to catch, to seize”) + ‎-fa → ‎dalfa (“custody”)

Derived terms

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “-fa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii 16

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