cythraul

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kythreul, alternative form of kythrawl (whence modern cythrol), from Proto-Brythonic *kuθrọl, modification after the suffix *-ọl of Latin contrārius.

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθraɨ̯l/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθrɛl/, /ˈkəθral/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθrai̯l/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθrɛl/, /ˈkɪθrɛl/

Noun

cythraul m (plural cythreuliaid)

(religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)
(traditional, derogatory) an objectionable person

Synonyms

(demon, devil): diawl

Derived terms

cythraul Tasmania (“Tasmanian devil”)
cythreuldeb (“fiendishness”)
cythreules (“she-devil”)
cythreulig (“fiendish”)
llysiau'r cythraul (“Japanese knotweed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cythraul*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cythraul	gythraul	nghythraul	chythraul

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