ffaith

Welsh

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin factum (“fact”), using the conceit of applying sound changes that occurred when Latin words were borrowed into Proto-Brythonic (compare perffaith from perfectus, which was borrowed at the Proto-Brythonic stage).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fai̯θ/
• Rhymes: -ai̯θ

Noun

ffaith f (plural ffeithiau, not mutable)

1. fact

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ffaith”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies