diawl

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh diawl, dieuyl, from Proto-Brythonic *diaβl (compare Breton diaoul, Cornish dyowl) borrowed from Vulgar Latin *diablus, from Ecclesiastical Latin or Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Doublet of diafol.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /djau̯l/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "colloquial" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /d͡ʒau̯l/
  • Rhymes: -au̯l

Noun

diawl m (plural diawliaid or diefyl)

  1. devil

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
diawl ddiawl niawl unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.