ufel
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ufel
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of yvel (“evil”)
Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh ufel, from Proto-Celtic *oɸibelā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁opi-bʰel-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”).
Noun[edit]
ufel m (plural ufelydd or ufelion)
Derived terms[edit]
- ufelai (“oxygen”)
- ufelaidd (“fiery, volcanic”)
- ufelawd (“sulphate”)
- ufeleiddiad (“oxygenation”)
- ufelfaen (“brimstone”)
- ufelfellt
- ufelgris (“sulphate”)
- ufelhâl (“sulphate”)
- ufelhâl (“sulphate”)
- ufelid (“vitriol”)
- ufelin (“fiery, oxygen”)
- ufelnwy (“oxygen”)
- ufelog (“fiery”)
- ufelu (“to ignite”)
- ufelured (“sulphuret”)
- ufelwy (“lava”)
- ufelyddiaeth (“pyrotechnics”)
- ufelyn (“fiery, burning, sparking”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ufel | unchanged | unchanged | hufel |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ufel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies