dogfen

Welsh

Etymology

Coined by Welsh scholar Gruffydd Robert in 1584 as a borrowing from Medieval Latin documentum, but shaped as if it had been inherited from a Proto-Brythonic intermediate *dogβ̃en. Doublet of dociwment, a modern borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɡ.vɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡvɛn

Noun

dogfen f (plural dogfennau)

1. document

   Synonym: dociwment

2. article of faith

   Synonym: erthygl ffydd

3. instruction

   Synonyms: cyfarwyddyd, arweiniad

4. rule

   Synonym: rheol

Derived terms

• dogfennaeth (“documentation”)
• dogfennol (“documentary”, adjective)
• dogfennu (“to document”)
• rhaglen ddogfen (“documentary programme”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dogfen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dogfen	ddogfen	nogfen	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.