ffa

See also: FFA

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ffa, from Proto-Brythonic *fav, from Latin faba; compare Cornish faf, fa and Breton fav, fao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ffa pl (not mutable, plural, singulative ffeuen f or ffäen f)

1. beans

Derived terms

• bag ffa (“beanbag”)
• ceuled ffa (“bean curd”)
• codyn ffa (“bean pod”)
• egin ffa (“bean sprouts”)
• ffa adwci (“aduki beans”)
• ffa cacao (“cacao beans”)
• ffa coch (“kidney beans”)
• ffa coffi (“coffee beans”)
• ffa dringo (“runner beans”)
• ffa du (“black beans”)
• ffa flageolet (“flageolet beans”)
• ffa Ffrengig (“French beans”)
• ffa gwyrdd (“green beans”)
• ffa haricot (“haricot beans”)
• ffa llygatddu (“black-eyed beans”)
• ffa melyn (“yellow beans”)
• ffa menyn (“butter beans”)
• ffa mwng (“mung beans”)
• ffa pinto (“pinto beans”)
• ffa soia (“soya beans”)
• ffa tun (“tinned beans, canned beans”)
• ffa'r blaidd (“wolfsbane, aconite”)
• ffa'r gors (“bog bean, Menyanthes trifoliata”)
• ffa'r moch (“henbane”)
• gorfanadl ffa (“bean broomrape, Orobanche crenata”)
• gwymon ffa (“bean-shaped seaweed, Scytosiphon lomentaria”)
• jac ffa (“jackdaw, Corvus monedula”)
• masgl ffa (“bean pod”)
• rhwd ffa (“broad bean rust, Uromyces viciae-fabae”)
• rhwd ffa dringo (“runner bean rust, Uromyces appendiculatus”)
• siân ffa (“ladybird, Coccinellidae”)
• smotiau brown ffa (“chocolate spot disease, Botrytis fabae”)

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ffa”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ffa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies