golfan

Welsh

Etymology

Late learned borrowing. Cognate with Cornish golvan and Breton golvan as well as Irish gealbhan, Manx gialloon and Scottish Gaelic gealbhonn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlvan/

Noun

golfan m or f (plural golfanod)

  1. (literary) house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    Synonyms: llwyd y to, aderyn y to

Derived terms

  • golfan benddu (“black-headed bunting”)
  • golfan dingoch (“twite”)
  • golfan rudd (“tawny bunting”)
  • golfan y cyrs (“reed bunting”)
  • golfan y graig (“rock sparrow”)
  • golfan y mynydd (“tree sparrow”)
  • golfan yr eira (“snow bunting”)
  • golfanaidd (“passerine”)
  • yr olfan leiaf (“lesser brambling”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of golfan
radical soft nasal aspirate
golfan olfan ngolfan unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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