pwll
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh pwll, from Proto-Brythonic *pull, from Old English pull, pyll (“tidal pool”) or its Proto-West Germanic etymon, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool”). Cognate with Breton poull and Cornish, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic poll.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /pʊɬ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pʊɬ/, /puːɬ/
- Rhymes: -ʊɬ
Noun[edit]
pwll m (plural pyllau)
Derived terms[edit]
- pwll nofio ("swimming pool")
- pwll glo ("coal pit")
- pwll tro ("whirlpool")
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pwll | bwll | mhwll | phwll |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Old English
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɬ
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɬ/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Bodies of water
- cy:Landforms