FromMiddle Welshporffor, fromProto-Brythonic*porfor, fromLatinpurpura(“purple”) (compareOld Irishcorcur, modernIrishcorcra).
porffor (feminine singularporffor,pluralporffor,equativemorborffor,comparativemwyporffor,superlativemwyafporffor)
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
porffor | borffor | mhorffor | phorffor |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
gwyn | llwyd | du |
coch;rhudd | oren,melyngoch;brown | melyn;melynwyn |
melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
gwyrddlas;glaswyrdd | asur,gwynlas | glas |
fioled,rhuddlas;indigo | majenta;porffor | pinc,rhuddwyn |