carfil
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkarvɪl/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle English caruyll, caruile, carvile (“carvel”, a kind of light ship).
Noun
carfil f (plural {{{2}}})
- caravel, carvel
Alternative forms
- carfel
Etymology 2
From car (“vehicle, car, sled, dray”) + mil (“animal, beast, creature”).
Noun
carfil m (plural carfilod)
- working beast, dray horse, clumsy animal, monster
Noun
carfil m (plural carfilod)
- auk
Alternative forms
- carfyl
Derived terms
- carfil bach (“little auk”)
- carfil gylfinddu (“black-billed auk”)
- carfil mawr (“great auk”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| carfil | garfil | ngharfil | charfil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “carfil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies