creulon

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • creulawn

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh kreulawn. By surface analysis, crau (“blood, gore, blood of carnage”) +‎ -lon, -lawn (“-ful”).

Adjective

creulon (feminine singular creulon, plural creulon, equative mor greulon, comparative mwy creulon, superlative mwyaf creulon)

  1. cruel, brutal, violent, merciless
    Synonyms: milain, ciaidd, nwydwyllt, didostur, ffyrnig

Derived terms

  • creulondeb, creulonder, creulondra (“cruelty”)

Noun

creulon m (plural creuloniaid)

  1. cruel person, tyrant
    Synonym: gormeswr

Mutation

Mutated forms of creulon
radical soft nasal aspirate
creulon greulon nghreulon chreulon

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “creulon”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “creulon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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