dryll

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *drus-lyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews-lo-, from *dʰrews- (“to break into pieces”), which appears to be related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”). Cognate with Cornish dral, Middle Breton druill, and, outside of Celtic, Lithuanian druskà (“salt”); see the Lithuanian for more.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /drɨ̞ɬ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /drɪɬ/

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• Rhymes: -ɨ̞ɬ

Noun

dryll m (plural drylliau)

1. gun, firearm

   Synonyms: gwn, magnel

2. broken-off piece, fragment, shard

   Synonyms: darn, talch

Derived terms

• dryllio (“shatter, break into pieces”)
• drylliog (“shattered, in pieces”)
• dryllyn (“diminutive form”)

Compounds

• dryll aer (“air gun”)
• dryll dŵr (“squirt gun”)
• dryll saethu (“shotgun”)
• dryll tân (“firearm”)
• llawddryll (“handgun”)
• peirianddryll (“machine gun”)

Mutation

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