porffor

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh porffor, from Proto-Brythonic *porfor, from Latin purpura (“purple”) (compare Old Irish corcur, modern Irish corcra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrfɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔrfɔr

Adjective

porffor (feminine singular porffor, plural porffor, equative mor borffor, comparative mwy porffor, superlative mwyaf porffor)

1. purple
   • 1918, Hedd Wyn, "Atgo":

     Dim ond lleuad borffor / Ar fin y mynydd llwm; / A sŵn hen afon Prysor / Yn canu yn y Cwm.

     Only a purple moon / On the edge of the bare mountain; / And the sound of the old river Prysor / Singing in the Valley.

   Synonyms: cochlas, ehöeg, glasgoch, piws

Derived terms

• llinos borffor (“purple finch”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
porffor	borffor	mhorffor	phorffor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

References

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