cylion

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *kulis (compare Cornish kelyon, Breton kelien, Old Irish cuil), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló- (compare Latin culex (gnat), Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, roasting spit)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cylion m pl or f pl (m singulative cylionyn, f singulative cylionen)

  1. gnats, midges
  2. flies

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cylion gylion nghylion chylion
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.