FromMiddle Welshllif, fromProto-Brythonic*lliβ̃, fromLatinlīma(“file”); compareCornishliv(“file”),Middle Bretonliü(“file”).
FromMiddle Welshllif, fromProto-Brythonic*lliβ̃ (compareCornishliv(“flood”),Bretonliñv(“flood”)), deverbative ofProto-Celtic*liyeti(“flow”).[1]
llif m (pluralllifogyddorllifoedd)
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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llif | lif | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.