chwilen
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (archaic) chwil
Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc.. Compare Breton c'houil, Cornish hwil.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪlɛn/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪlan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwiːlɛn/, /ˈχwɪlɛn/
Noun
[edit]chwilen f (plural chwilod or chwilennod, not mutable)
References
[edit]- ^ 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), “chwil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies