mawl

Welsh

Etymology

Back-formation from moli (“to praise, to extol”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mau̯l/

Noun

mawl m (uncountable)

1. praise, adulation, exaltation

   Synonyms: clod, moliant, canmoliaeth, clodforedd

Derived terms

• canmol (“to praise”)
• moledd (“praise, eulogy”)
• moled (“praise-poem”)

Verb

mawl

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mawl

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mawl	fawl	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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