chwil
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chwil
Welsh edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Adjective edit
chwil (feminine singular chwil, plural chwil, not comparable, not mutable)
- reeling, staggering (from drunkenness)
- intense, extreme
Derived terms edit
- chwilboeth (“piping hot”)
- chwilfriw (“shattered”)
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Breton c'houil, Cornish whylen.
Noun edit
chwil f (plural chwilod, not mutable)
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies