hwyl
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hwyl (uncountable)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Proto-Brythonic *huɨl, early borrowing from Old English seġl or Old Norse segl, both from Proto-Germanic *seglą (“sail”). Other meanings apparently derive from this, via the sense of successful progress, perhaps influenced by gŵyl (“holiday, feast”).[1] Cognate with Breton gouel (“sail; feast”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /huːɨ̯l/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /hʊi̯l/
- Rhymes: -uːɨ̯l
Noun edit
hwyl f (plural hwyliau, not mutable)
- sail
- Lledwch yr hwyliau!
- Unfurl the sails!
- mood
- Dyw hi ddim mewn hwyliau da heddiw.
- She's not in a good mood today.
- journey, route, progress, success
- Sut hwyl gest ti?
- How did you get on? (lit. What kind of success did you have?)
- Pob hwyl i chi!
- All the best! (lit. Every success to you!)
- fun
- Mae'n un sy'n llawn hwyl.
- He's a guy / She's a girl that's full of fun.
- fervour, ecstatic inspiration, especially as exhibited by Nonconformist preachers
- Mae'r pregethwr yn yr hwyl.
- The preacher is at the high point of his sermon.
Derived terms edit
Interjection edit
hwyl
Derived terms edit
- hwyl fawr (“goodbye”)