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)

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

Mutated forms of *porffor*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
porffor	borffor	mhorffor	phorffor

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

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

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