rhyfel

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh [Term?], from Latin rebellis (“making war anew”), from rebello (“to wage war”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rhyfel m or f (plural rhyfeloedd or rhyfelau or rhyfelon or rhyfelydd)

  1. war, warfare
  2. conflict
  3. battle

Derived terms
  • * Ail Ryfel Byd (“Second World War”)
  • arfau rhyfel (“ammunitions”)
  • arglwydd rhyfel (“warlord”)
  • carcharor rhyfel (“prisoner of war”)
  • cerbyd rhyfel (“(war) chariot”)
  • cyfraith rhyfel (“martial law”)
  • cyhoeddi rhyfel (“declaration of war”)
  • dioddefwr rhyfel (“victim of war”)
  • euogrwydd rhyfel (“war guilt”)
  • ffrwydron rhyfel (“ammunition”)
  • llong ryfel (“warship”)
  • llongau rhyfel (“battleships”)
  • Rhyfel Annibyniaeth America (“American War of Independence”)
  • Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf (“First World War”)
  • Rhyfel Can Mlynedd (“Hundred Years' War”)
  • rhyfel cartref (“civil war”)
  • rhyfel cyfiawn (“just war”)
  • Rhyfel Deng Mlynedd ar Hugain (“Thirty Years' War”)
  • rhyfel dosbarth (“class struggle”)
  • rhyfel gerila (“guerilla warfare”)
  • Rhyfel Oer (“Cold War”)
  • rhyfel olyniaeth (“war of succession”)
  • Rhyfel Mawr (“Great War”)
  • rhyfel sanctaidd (“holy war”)
  • Rhyfel y Boer (“Boer War”)
  • Rhyfel y Crimea (“Crimean War”)
  • Rhyfel y Degwm (“Tithe War”)
  • Rhyfel y Marchogion (“Knights' War”)
  • Rhyfel y Werin (“Peasants' War”)
  • rhyfel ymosodedd (“war of aggression”)
  • Rhyfel yr Esgobion (“Bishops' War”)
  • rhyfela (“to wage war”)
  • rhyfeloedd llwythol (“tribal warfare”)
  • Rhyfeloedd y Rhosynnod (“Wars of the Roses”)
  • rhyfelwr (“warrior”)
  • pensiwn rhyfel (“war pension”)
  • trosedd rhyfel (“war crime”)
  • troseddwr rhyfel (“war criminal”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
rhyfel ryfel unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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