chwedl

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh chwetyl, from Proto-Brythonic *hwedl, from Primitive Irish *skʷetlan (compare Old Irish scél), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom. If the Proto-Celtic word had descended directly into Welsh it would have become *ysbedl rather than chwedl; the labialisation of the original labiovelar was somehow irregularly lost as the term entered Brythonic.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /χwɛdl/, [ˈχwɛdl̩ˠ]
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /χwɛdl/, [ˈχwɛdl̩]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχweːdɛl/, /ˈχwɛdɛl/, /ˈʍeːdɛl/, /ˈʍɛdɛl/

Noun

chwedl f (plural chwedlau, not mutable)

1. story, tale, anecdote, legend

Derived terms

• chwadal (“as … says”)
• chwedloniaeth (“mythology”)
• chwedleua (“to talk, to gossip”)

Preposition

chwedl

1. (North Wales) as … says, as … used to say, in the words of

   Synonym: chwadal

Further reading

• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwedl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies