chwedl

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Primitive Irish *skʷetlan (compare Old Irish scél), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom. If the Proto-Celtic word had descended directly into Welsh it would have become *ysbedl rather than chwedl.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /χwɛdl/, [ˈχwɛdl̩ˠ]
  • (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /χwɛdl/, [ˈχwɛdl̩]
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχweːdɛl/, /ˈχwɛdɛl/, /ˈʍeːdɛl/, /ˈʍɛdɛl/

Noun

chwedl f (plural chwedlau)

  1. story, tale, anecdote, legend

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
chwedl unchanged unchanged unchanged
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), “chwedl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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