ffwyl
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Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ffwyl m (plural ffwylau, not mutable)
- (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.
- (fencing) foil
Hypernyms[edit]
- (sword): cleddyf
Further reading[edit]
- 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