claf

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑːf/

Verb

clāf

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of clīfan

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh claf, from Proto-Brythonic *klaβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *klamos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Adjective

claf (feminine singular claf, plural cleifion, equative clafed, comparative clafach, superlative clafaf)

1. ill, unwell, diseased

Derived terms

• claf o gariad (“lovesick”)
• clafdy (“infirmary”)
• clafychu (“ail, sicken”)
• clefyd (“disease, illness”)

Noun

claf m (plural cleifion)

1. patient, invalid

Derived terms

• claf allanol (“out-patient”)
• claf mewnol (“in-patient”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
claf	glaf	nghlaf	chlaf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “claf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN