ysol

Welsh

Etymology

From ysu (“to consume, to devour”) +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəsɔl/
• Rhymes: -əsɔl

Adjective

ysol (feminine singular ysol, plural ysol, equative mor ysol, comparative mwy ysol, superlative mwyaf ysol)

1. consuming
2. corrosive
3. caustic

Derived terms

• cigysol (“carnivorous”)
• corffysol (“necrophagous”)
• gwaedysol (“sanguivorous”)
• llysysol (“herbivorous”)
• pryfysol (“insectivorous”)
• tomysol (“coprophagous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ysol

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ysol	unchanged	unchanged	hysol

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

References

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