dryll
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).[1] Cognate with Cornish dral, Middle Breton druill, and, outside of Celtic, Lithuanian druskà (“salt”); see the Lithuanian for more.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /drɨ̞ɬ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /drɪɬ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɨ̞ɬ
Noun
[edit]dryll m (plural drylliau)
Derived terms
[edit]- dryllio (“shatter, break into pieces”)
- drylliog (“shattered, in pieces”)
- dryllyn (“diminutive form”)
Compounds
[edit]- dryll aer (“air gun”)
- dryll dŵr (“squirt gun”)
- dryll saethu (“shotgun”)
- dryll tân (“firearm”)
- llawddryll (“handgun”)
- peirianddryll (“machine gun”)
Mutation
[edit]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. |
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dryll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “druska”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
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- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞ɬ
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