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}}})

  1. caravel, carvel
Alternative forms
  • carfel

Etymology 2

From car (“vehicle, car, sled, dray”) +‎ mil (“animal, beast, creature”).

Noun

carfil m (plural carfilod)

  1. working beast, dray horse, clumsy animal, monster

Etymology 3

Noun

carfil m (plural carfilod)

  1. 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

  • “carfil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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