rhyfel

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh ryuel, from Latin rebellis (“making war anew”), from rebello (“to wage war”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥əvɛl/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥əval/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥əvɛl/
• Rhymes: -əvɛl

Noun

rhyfel m or f (plural rhyfeloedd)

1. war, warfare
2. conflict
3. battle

Derived terms

• Ail Ryfel Byd (“Second World War”)
• arfau rhyfel (“ammunitions”)
• arglwydd rhyfel (“warlord”)
• carcharor rhyfel (“prisoner of war”)
• cerbyd rhyfel (“(war) chariot”)
• cyfraith rhyfel (“martial law”)
• cyhoeddi rhyfel (“declaration of war”)
• dioddefwr rhyfel (“victim of war”)
• euogrwydd rhyfel (“war guilt”)
• ffrwydron rhyfel (“ammunition”)
• llong ryfel (“warship”)
• llongau rhyfel (“battleships”)
• pensiwn rhyfel (“war pension”)
• Rhyfel Annibyniaeth America (“American War of Independence”)
• rhyfel athreuliol (“war of attrition”)
• Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf (“First World War”)
• Rhyfel Can Mlynedd (“Hundred Years' War”)
• rhyfel cartref (“civil war”)
• rhyfel cyfiawn (“just war”)
• Rhyfel Deng Mlynedd ar Hugain (“Thirty Years' War”)
• rhyfel dosbarth (“class struggle”)
• rhyfel gerila (“guerilla warfare”)
• Rhyfel Mawr (“Great War”)
• Rhyfel Oer (“Cold War”)
• rhyfel olyniaeth (“war of succession”)
• rhyfel sanctaidd (“holy war”)
• Rhyfel y Boer (“Boer War”)
• Rhyfel y Crimea (“Crimean War”)
• Rhyfel y Degwm (“Tithe War”)
• Rhyfel y Marchogion (“Knights' War”)
• Rhyfel y Werin (“Peasants' War”)
• rhyfel ymosodedd (“war of aggression”)
• Rhyfel yr Esgobion (“Bishops' War”)
• rhyfela (“to wage war”)
• rhyfeloedd llwythol (“tribal warfare”)
• Rhyfeloedd y Rhosynnod (“Wars of the Roses”)
• rhyfelwr (“warrior”)
• trosedd rhyfel (“war crime”)
• troseddwr rhyfel (“war criminal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhyfel

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhyfel	ryfel	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhyfel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies