diawl

Welsh

Alternative forms

• jawl (reflecting the colloquial pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh diawl, dieuyl, from Proto-Brythonic *diaβl (compare Breton diaoul, Cornish dyowl) borrowed from Vulgar Latin *diablus, from Ecclesiastical Latin or Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Doublet of diafol.

Pronunciation

• (standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /djau̯l/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒau̯l/
• Rhymes: -au̯l

Noun

diawl m (plural diawliaid or diefyl)

1. devil

Derived terms

• diawlio
• dieflig

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diawl	ddiawl	niawl	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.