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cyntaf.

first

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkəntav/North-Wales, standard/ˈkənta/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈkəntav/South-Wales, standard/ˈkənta/South-Wales, colloquial

  1. first foremost, chief, principal

    numeral · ordinal

  2. first pristine

    numeral · ordinal

  3. superlative degree of cyflym: swiftest, quickest, fastest, fleetest

    form-of · superlative

  4. superlative degree of cynnar: earliest

    form-of · superlative
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh kyntaf, from Proto-Brythonic *kɨnthaβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kentusamos. Equivalent to cynt (“sooner, faster, earlier”) + -af.

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