chwil

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xfil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: chwil

Noun[edit]

chwil

  1. genitive plural of chwila

Welsh[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective[edit]

chwil (feminine singular chwil, plural chwil, not comparable, not mutable)

  1. reeling, staggering (from drunkenness)
  2. intense, extreme
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Breton c'houil, Cornish whylen.

Noun[edit]

chwil f (plural chwilod, not mutable)

  1. Archaic form of chwilen (“beetle”).

Further reading[edit]

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