llif

Welsh

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin līma (“file”); compare Cornish liv (“file”), Middle Breton liü (“file”).

Noun

llif f (plural llifiau)

1. saw

Compounds

• cylchlif
• durlif
• haclif
• herclif
• llawlif
• llifddanheddog
• llifdoriad
• lliflys
• trawslif

 

Derived terms

• llifiad
• llifio
• llifiwr

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *līwo- (compare Cornish liv (“flood”), Breton liñv (“flood”)), deverbative of *liy-o- (“flow”)

Noun

llif m (plural llifogydd or llifoedd)

1. flood

   Synonyms: llifeiriant, dilyw, boddfa

2. stream
3. current

   Synonyms: ffrwd, cerrynt

Compounds

• adlif
• all-lif
• cenllif
• fflachlif
• ffrydlif
• gwrthlif
• jetlif
• llenlif
• llifbridd
• llifddor
• llifddwfr
• llifolau
• llifwaddod
• mewnlif
• rhedlif
• trolif

 

Derived terms

• llifeiriant
• llifo

Noun

llif m (plural llifau)

1. flow

Compounds

• ffrydlif
• gorlif

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llif	lif	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 242–3