ffordd

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔrð/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrð

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.

Noun

ffordd f (plural ffyrdd, not mutable)

  1. road
  2. distance
  3. way, manner
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of pa ffordd (“which way”)

Adverb

ffordd

  1. (South Wales, colloquial) how

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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