-fa

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magos (“field”). Compare Cornish -va, Old Irish mag, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.[1]

According to Morris-Jones,[2] in some cases (such as lladdfa) instead from the verbnoun ending -fan (as in hedfan), from Proto-Celtic *-man.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /va/

Suffix

-fa f (plural -feydd or -faoedd or -fâu)

  1. Used to derive places from verbs and nouns.
    Synonym: -le
    ‎swydd (“job”) + ‎-fa → ‎swyddfa (“office”)
    ‎meddyg (“doctor”) + ‎-fa → ‎meddygfa (“doctor's surgery”)
    ‎myned (“to go”) + ‎-fa → ‎mynedfa (“entrance”)
    ‎amlosgi (“to cremate”) + ‎-fa → ‎amlosgfa (“crematorium”)
  2. Used to derive actions and states from verbs and nouns.
    ‎cyboli (“to jumble”) + ‎-fa → ‎cybolfa (“hotchpotch, jumble”)
    ‎cosi (“to itch; to beat”) + ‎-fa → ‎cosfa (“itch; beating, hiding”)
    ‎dal (“to catch, to seize”) + ‎-fa → ‎dalfa (“custody”)

Derived terms
Welsh terms suffixed with -fa

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-fa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii 16
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