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hedfan.

to fly (travel through the air), to soar

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈhɛdvan/
  1. to fly (travel through the air), to soar

    intransitive · not-mutable
  2. to fly (to cause to fly)

    not-mutable · transitive
  3. to fly (travel very fast)

    intransitive · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh ehetfan. Combines the stem hed- of hedeg (“to fly”) with the suffix -fan (from Proto-Celtic *-man) forming a verbnoun. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pet-. Cognate with Latin petō (“to beg; to aim at”), Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”) and Welsh adar (“bird”).

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