biswail

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • biswel, piswail, piswel

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh bisweil. Alternative forms piswail and piswel suggest influence by piso (“to piss”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪswai̯l/

Noun

biswail f (collective, singulative bisweilen)

  1. dung, cowpats
    Synonyms: gleuad, tom, tail

Derived terms

  • cleddyf biswail (“milt, spleen”)
  • maer biswail (“a kind of steward”)
  • (derogatory) plant Alis y biswail (“English people”, literally “children of Alice [daughter of Hengist] of the cowpats”)
  • rhaw fiswail (“dung-shovel; menial servant”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of biswail
radical soft nasal aspirate
biswail fiswail miswail unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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