porffor

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura (“purple”) (compare Old Irish corcur, modern Irish corcra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔrfɔr/

Adjective

porffor (feminine singular porffor, plural porffor)

  1. purple

Synonyms

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du      brown
             pinc              coch ; rhudd              oren, melyngoch              melyn ; melynwyn
             gwyrdd leim              gwyrdd                           gwyrddlas ; glaswyrdd
             asur, gwynlas              glas              fioled ; indigo              majenta ; porffor

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.

References

  • “porffor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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