morfil
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From môr (“sea”) + mil (“animal, beast”) (compare Cornish morvil, Breton morvil (“cetacean”), Middle Irish muirmíl).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morfil m (plural morfilod)
Derived terms
[edit]- morfil balîn (“baleen whale”)
- morfil cefngrwm (“humpback whale”)
- morfil danheddog (“toothed whale”)
- morfil du
- morfil glas
- morfil gwyn
- morfil pengrwn (“long-finned pilot whale”)
- morfil sberm (“sperm whale”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
morfil | forfil | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “morfil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies