Aifft

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Aipht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Eifft, from Proto-Brythonic *ėɣɨft, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯fd/, [aift]
  • (with definite article) IPA^(key): /əˈrai̯fd/, [əˈraift]

Proper noun

yr Aifft f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Usage notes

• This country name is always preceded by the definite article yr.

Derived terms

• Eifftaidd (“Egyptian”, adjective)
• Eiffteg (“Egyptian (language)”, adjective or noun)
• Eifftes (“Egyptian (woman)”)
• Eifftiad (“Egyptian (man/woman)”)
• Eifftiwr (“Egyptian (man)”)
• Gweriniaeth Arabaidd yr Aifft (“Arab Republic of Egypt”)
• Hen Aifft (“Ancient Egypt”)

See also

• (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Affrica, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]}