cyll

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kullijaz, from Late Latin culleus, variant of Latin cōleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath, scabbard”). Cognate with Old Norse kyllir (“sack, scrotum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyll/, [kyɫ]

Noun

cyll f

1. a leathern bottle, flagon, vessel

Declension

Declension of cyll (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cyll	cylla, cylle
accusative	cylle	cylla, cylle
genitive	cylle	cylla
dative	cylle	cyllum

Related terms

• cylle

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh coll(en), from Old Welsh coll, from Proto-Brythonic *koll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”), related to Irish coll.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɨ̞ɬ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪɬ/, /kiːɬ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞ɬ

Noun

cyll f (collective, singulative collen)

1. hazel trees

Derived terms

• prysgyll (“hazel copse”)
• celli (“hazel grove”)
• cnau cyll (“hazelnut”)

Etymology 2

Verb

cyll

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of colli

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyll	gyll	nghyll	chyll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cyll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies