ffordd

From Middle Welsh fforð, from Old Welsh ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Cornish fordh, Breton forzh.

• IPA^(key): /fɔrð/
• Rhymes: -ɔrð

ffordd f (plural ffyrdd, not mutable)

1. road
2. distance
3. way, manner

• i ffwrdd

Clipping of pa ffordd (“which way”)

• IPA^(key): /fɔrð/
  • (South Wales, colloquial also) IPA^(key): /fɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔrð

ffordd

1. (South Wales, colloquial) how

   Synonyms: fel, sut

   Ffordd ’yt ti’n gwbod ’ny? ― How do you know that?

• rhywfodd, rhywsut (“somehow”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffordd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies