ymyl

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Welsh

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Etymology

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See ym-. Cognate with Irish imeall.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ymyl m or f (plural ymylon or ymylau)

  1. edge, border, margin

Derived terms

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  • ar ymyl (on the edge of)
  • wrth ymyl (besides, near)
  • ymylu (to border, to be close, to come close)
  • yn ymyl (besides, near)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ymyl
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymyl unchanged unchanged hymyl

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

References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 101 iv 2