"dyfal" meaning in Welsh

See dyfal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdəval/ Forms: dyfal [feminine, singular], dyfal [plural], mor ddyfal [equative], mwy dyfal [comparative], mwyaf dyfal [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh dyval. Formed from dy- with the same second element as gofal (“care”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|dyval|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh dyval, {{inh+|cy|wlm|dyval}} Inherited from Middle Welsh dyval, {{af|cy|dy-}} dy- Head templates: {{cy-adj|mwy}} dyfal (feminine singular dyfal, plural dyfal, equative mor ddyfal, comparative mwy dyfal, superlative mwyaf dyfal)
  1. persistent Synonyms: taer
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-adj-dbB7s~-z
  2. diligent, assiduous Synonyms: diwyd, gweithgar, dygn, ystig
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-adj-ohWO9dFW
  3. constant, unceasing Synonyms: cyson, di-baid
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-adj-tcwot-i4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh back-formations, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh terms prefixed with dy- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 57 2 9 8 10 3 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 63 2 7 7 8 3 9 Disambiguation of Welsh back-formations: 2 2 46 5 10 10 11 3 10 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 41 3 7 7 8 2 11 Disambiguation of Welsh terms prefixed with dy-: 4 3 21 8 20 20 23
  4. painstaking, careful Synonyms: gofalus, manwl
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-adj-19ZxfTDd
  5. earnest, keen Synonyms: difrif, dwys
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-adj-7nU9wat0 Categories (other): Welsh terms prefixed with dy- Disambiguation of Welsh terms prefixed with dy-: 4 3 21 8 20 20 23
  6. tiresome, vexatious Synonyms: blin, poenus
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-adj-F8AFlCyP Categories (other): Welsh terms prefixed with dy- Disambiguation of Welsh terms prefixed with dy-: 4 3 21 8 20 20 23
  7. tiresome, vexatious
    slow
    Synonyms: blin, poenus, araf, hwyrfrydig
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-adj-P1KqAij5 Categories (other): Welsh terms prefixed with dy- Disambiguation of Welsh terms prefixed with dy-: 4 3 21 8 20 20 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg (english: perseverance pays), dyfalbarhad (english: perseverance)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈdəval/ Forms: dyfalion [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], dyfal [error-unrecognized-form], ddyfal [soft], nyfal [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Back-formation from dyfalu (“to guess”). Etymology templates: {{backform|cy|dyfalu||to guess}} Back-formation from dyfalu (“to guess”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|dyfalion}} dyfal m (plural dyfalion) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. enigma Tags: masculine Synonyms: dychmyg, dameg
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-noun-Z6T0Xw0d
  2. conjecture Tags: masculine Synonyms: dyfaliad, amcan
    Sense id: en-dyfal-cy-noun-IIJmckkc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "translation": "perseverance pays",
      "word": "dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "dyfal",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "mor ddyfal",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "mwy dyfal",
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          "word": "diwyd"
        },
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          "word": "gweithgar"
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          "word": "dygn"
        },
        {
          "word": "ystig"
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        "constant, unceasing"
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          "word": "cyson"
        },
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          "word": "di-baid"
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        "painstaking, careful"
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          "painstaking",
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          "careful",
          "careful"
        ]
      ],
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          "word": "gofalus"
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          "word": "manwl"
        }
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          "word": "difrif"
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          "word": "dwys"
        }
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      ],
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        },
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        }
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          "word": "blin"
        },
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          "word": "poenus"
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          "word": "araf"
        },
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          "word": "hwyrfrydig"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdəval/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dyfal"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈdəval/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dyfal"
}

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdəval/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dyfal"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.