pennill

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Welsh pennill (“verse”).

Noun

pennill (plural pennills or penillion or pennillion)

  1. A kind of Welsh verse in which the singer has to change words and measure according to the variations of an accompanist on the harp.

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnɪɬ/

Noun

pennill m (plural penillion)

  1. verse, stanza

Derived terms

  • hen bennill (“stanza of folk poetry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pennill
radical soft nasal aspirate
pennill bennill mhennill phennill

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

Further reading

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