ysgafn

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === (standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈəsɡavn/, [ˈəskavn] (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈəsɡau̯n/, [ˈəskau̯n] === Etymology 1 === From Middle Welsh ysgavyn, from Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *skamos. ==== Alternative forms ==== ysgawn, ysgon ==== Adjective ==== ysgafn (feminine singular ysgafn, plural ysgafnion or ysgeifn, equative ysgafned, comparative ysgafnach, superlative ysgafnaf) light (not heavy) Antonym: trwm light-footed, nimble Synonyms: cyflym, buan, chwim, chwimwth, sionc lighthearted mild, gentle, subtle Synonym: tyner cheap (low in price) Synonym: rhad easy Synonym: hawdd ===== Derived terms ===== penysgafn (“dizzy, scatterbrained”) ysgafnder (“lightness; levity”) ysgafndroed (“light-footed”) ysgafnhad (“lightening, easing”) ysgafnhau (“to lighten”) === Etymology 2 === Possibly related to Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambha), Latin scamnum (“ridge of earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to hold up”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ysgawn ==== Noun ==== ysgafn m or f (plural ysgafnau) haystack, stack, rick Synonyms: tas, rhic, stwc heap, pile Synonyms: pentwr, cruglwyth === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ysgafn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgafn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies