# cynffon
## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkənfɔn/
* Rhymes: -ənfɔn

### Noun

cynffon f (plural cynffonnau or cynffonion)
* (anatomy) tail
    Synonyms: cwt, rhonell
* (by extension) any similar object or part or appendage:
** the tail of a comet, line or stroke of a letter, the tail and bottom part of a coat, skirt, etc., wake of ship, rear of army or procession, end or extremity, cue
    Synonym: llosgwrn
* (figuratively) consequence, logical conclusion; retinue, clients of lord or nobleman; rabble, inferior or lower class; queue
* flatterer, sycophant
    Synonyms: cynffongi, cynffonwr
* flattery

#### Derived terms

* adar cynffon gloyw (“silktail”)
* adar haul cynffon-goch (“fire-tailed sunbird”)
* bras cynffon bigog (“sharp-tailed sparrow”)
* bras cynffon winau (“cinnamon-tailed sparrow”)
* conwra cynffon frowngoch (“maroon-tailed conure”)
* cordeyrn cynffon gwta (“short-tailed pygmy-tyrant”)
* cynfonllyd (“fawning, flattering”)
* cynffongar (“fawning, flattering”)
* cynffongi (“sycophant, parasite, sponger”)
* cynffon adfach (“barbtail, treerunner”)
* cynffon goch (“redstart”)
* cynffon llygoden (“mousetail”)
* cynffon sidan (“waxwing”)
* cynffon siswrn (“sheartail”)
* cynffon titw (“dyer's rocket, weld”)
* cynffon twrci (“turkeytail”)
* cynffon twrci ffug (“false turkeytail”)
* cynffon y cabwllt, cynffon y capwllt, cynffon y ceiliog (“common valerian”)
* cynffon y gath (“bulrush; timothy grass”)
* cynffon ysgyfarnog (“hare's-tail”)
* cynffonddu (“black-tailed”)
* cynffoneiddiwch (“a tendency to flatter”)
* cynffonlas (“blue-tailed”)
* cynffonna (“to wag the tail, to fawn, to suck up to (someone)”)
* cynffonnaidd (“fawning, flattering”)
* cynffonnog (“tailed”)
* cynffonnog (“fawning, flattering”)
* cynffonnwr (“toady, sycophant, flatterer”)
* cynffonwellt (“foxtail”) →cynffon y cadno (“meadow foxtail”)
* drongo cynffon sgwar (“square-tailed drongo”)
* drudwen loyw gynffon efydd (“bronze-tailed glossy starling”)
* eryr cynffon lletem (“wedge-tailed eagle”)
* glesyn cynffon fer (“short-tailed blue butterfly”)
* glesyn cynffon hir (“long-tailed blue butterfly”)
* glöyn cynffon gwennol (“swallowtail butterfly”)
* gwybed-robin cynffon-dro (“Australian brown flycatcher”)
* gwyfyn cynffon gwennol (“swallow-tailed moth”)
* hwyaden gynffon fain (“pintail duck”)
* hwyaden gynffon gwennol (“long-tailed duck”)
* llyriad cynffon llygoden (“greater plantain”)
* manacin cynffon bigfain (“lance-tailed manakin”)
* manacin cynffon hirflew (“wire-tailed manakin”)
* parotan cynffon aur (“golden-tailed parrotlet”)
* pedryn cynffon-fforchog (“Leach's storm petrel”)
* peisgwellt cynffon gwiwer, peisgwellt â chynffon gwiwer (“squirreltail fescue”)
* pibydd cynffon-hir (“upland sandpiper”)
* pila melyn cynffon resog (“stripe-tailed yellow finch”)
* pila telorus cynffon blaen (“plain-tailed warbling finch”)
* sgrech-bioden gynffon rhiciog (“notch-tailed tree pie”)
* siglen cynffon y gath (“reedmace bulrush”)
* siobyn cynffon felen (“yellow-tail moth”)
* siobyn cynffon frown (“brown-tail moth”)
* sylff gynffon fioled (“violet-tail sylph”)
* telor cynffon emiw (“brown feather-tailed warbler”)
* teyrn cynffon ceiliog (“cock-tailed tyrant”)
* titw cynffon-hir, glas gynffon hir (“long-tailed tit”)
* troellwr cynffon ysgol (“ladder-tailed nightjar”)
* y gynffon las (“Buddleia”)
* ysgiwen gynffon hir (“long-tailed skua”)

### Mutation

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

### References

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