creulon

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • creulawn

Etymology

From crau (“blood, gore, blood of carnage”) +‎ -lon, -lawn (“-ful”).

Adjective

creulon (feminine singular creulon, plural creulon)

  1. bloody
  2. cruel, fierce, brutal, violent, merciless
  3. quick, swift

Noun

creulon m (plural creuloniaid)

  1. cruel person, tyrant

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
creulon greulon nghreulon chreulon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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