dryll

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *drus-lyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews-lo-, from *dʰrews- (“to break into pieces”), which appears to be related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”).[1] Cognate with Cornish dral, Middle Breton druill, and, outside of Celtic, Lithuanian druskà (“salt”); see the Lithuanian for more.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /drɨ̞ɬ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /drɪɬ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨ̞ɬ

Noun

dryll m (plural drylliau, diminutive dryllyn)

  1. gun, firearm
    Synonyms: gwn, magnel
  2. broken-off piece, fragment, shard
    Synonyms: darn, talch

Derived terms

  • dryllio (“to shatter”)
  • drylliog (“shattered, in pieces”)

Compounds

  • dryll aer (“air gun”)
  • dryll dŵr (“squirt gun”)
  • dryll saethu (“shotgun”)
  • dryll tân (“firearm”)
  • llawddryll (“handgun”)
  • peirianddryll (“machine gun”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dryll
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryll ddryll nryll unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dryll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “druska”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
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