cyfreithiol

Welsh

Etymology

From cyfraith (“law”) +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈvrei̯θjɔl/

Adjective

cyfreithiol (feminine singular cyfreithiol, plural cyfreithiol, not comparable)

  1. legal, judicial (related to law)
    Synonyms: barnwrol, cyfreithyddol
  2. (obsolete) legal, lawful (allowed by law)
    Synonym: cyfreithlon

Usage notes

In the modern language, cyfreithiol means "legal" in the sense of being "judicial, related to law". For the sense of "legal" meaning "lawful, allowed by law", the word cyfreithlon is used instead.

Derived terms

  • anghyfreithiol (“illegal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cyfreithiol
radical soft nasal aspirate
cyfreithiol gyfreithiol nghyfreithiol chyfreithiol

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