uffern

Welsh

Alternative forms

• uffar, yffarn, yffach

Etymology

From Middle Welsh uffern, from Proto-Brythonic *ifern, from Vulgar Latin *īferna, from Latin īnferna.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞fɛrn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɪfɛrn/

Noun

uffern f (plural uffernau or uffernoedd)

1. hell

Derived terms

• pan fydd uffern yn rhewi drosodd (“when Hell freezes over”)
• uffern o (“a hell of”)
• uffernol (“hellish”)

Interjection

uffern

1. (impolite, sometimes considered vulgar) hell, damn

   Yffach! Oes rhaid i ti weddi cymaint?

   Damn! Do you have to pray so much?

Mutation

Mutated forms of uffern

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
uffern	unchanged	unchanged	huffern

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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