ffos

From Middle Welsh ffos, from Proto-Brythonic *fos, from Latin fossa.

• IPA^(key): /foːs/
• Rhymes: -oːs

ffos f (plural ffosydd, not mutable)

1. ditch, trench, fosse

   Synonyms: sianel, clawdd, cwter

2. moat

• carthffos (“sewer”)
• ceuffos (“gutter”)
• penfelyn y ffosydd (“swamp beacon”)

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “ditch”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “moat”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ffos”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ffos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies