ffordd

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh fforð, from Old Welsh ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Cornish fordh, Breton forzh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔrð/
Rhymes: -ɔrð

Noun

ffordd f (plural ffyrdd, not mutable)

Derived terms

ar y ffordd (“on the road”)
croesffordd (“crossroads”)
cyffordd (“junction”)
cylchffordd
ffordd haearn
ffordd o fyw
pa ffordd (“which way?”)
priffordd (“highway, main road”)
rheilffordd (“railway”)
traffordd

Related terms

i ffwrdd

Etymology 2

Clipping of pa ffordd (“which way”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔrð/
- (South Wales, colloquial also) IPA^(key): /fɔr/
Rhymes: -ɔrð

Adverb

ffordd

(South Wales, colloquial) how
Synonyms: fel, sut

Ffordd ’yt ti’n gwbod ’ny? ― How do you know that?

Related terms

rhywfodd, rhywsut (“somehow”)

Further reading

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

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