ffwyl

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ffoel

Etymology

Borrowed from English foil.

Noun

ffwyl m (plural ffwylau, not mutable)

1. (literary) foil (defeat)
   • 1882, D. Silvan Evans, J. Jones, Ysten Sioned, Aberystwyth: John Morgan, page 108:

     Anhyfryd beth yw methu / a ffwyl ar ddyn yw ffaelu.

     An unpleasant thing it is to falter / and foil to man is failure.

2. (fencing) foil

Hypernyms

• (sword): cleddyf

Further reading

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