pennill

English

Alternative forms

• penill

Etymology

From Welsh pennill (“verse”).

Noun

pennill (plural pennills or penillion or pennillion)

1. A kind of Welsh verse in which the singer has to change words and measure according to the variations of an accompanist on the harp.

Anagrams

• Pinnell

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnɪɬ/

Noun

pennill m (plural penillion)

1. verse, stanza

Derived terms

• hen bennill (“stanza of folk poetry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pennill

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pennill	bennill	mhennill	phennill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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