pennill

English

Etymology

From Welsh pennill (“verse”).

Noun

pennill (plural pennills or penillion)

1. A kind of Welsh verse in which the singer has to change words and measure according to the variations of an accompanist on the harp.

Anagrams

• Pinnell

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnɪɬ/

Noun

pennill m (plural penillion)

1. verse, stanza

Derived terms

• hen bennill (“stanza of folk poetry”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pennill	bennill	mhennill	phennill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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