cynnar

cynt (“before, earlier”) +‎ -ar^[1]

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkənar/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkənar/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnar/
• Rhymes: -ənar

cynnar (feminine singular cynnar, plural cynnar, equative cynhared or cynted, comparative cynharach or cynt, superlative cynharaf or cyntaf)

1. early

   Oedd hi'n codi yn gynnar ddoe?

   Did she get up early yesterday?

2. prompt, quick
3. timely, seasonable

• Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 148 i (3)