chwedl
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh chwetyl, from Proto-Brythonic *hwedl, from Primitive Irish *skʷetlan (compare Old Irish scél), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom. If the Proto-Celtic word had descended directly into Welsh it would have become *ysbedl rather than chwedl; the labialisation of the original labiovelar was somehow irregularly lost as the term entered Brythonic.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /χwɛdl/, [ˈχwɛdl̩ˠ]
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /χwɛdl/, [ˈχwɛdl̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχweːdɛl/, /ˈχwɛdɛl/, /ˈʍeːdɛl/, /ˈʍɛdɛl/
Noun edit
chwedl f (plural chwedlau, not mutable)
Derived terms edit
- chwadal (“as … says”)
- chwedloniaeth (“mythology”)
- chwedleua (“to talk, to gossip”)
Preposition edit
chwedl
- (North Wales) as … says, as … used to say, in the words of
- Synonym: chwadal
Further reading edit
- Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwedl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies