tafol

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *tawọl. Compare Cornish tavol, Breton teol.

Noun

tafol f (collective, singulative tafolen)

  1. dock, Rumex crispus
Derived terms
  • dail tafol (“dock leaves”)
  • tafol bachog (“hooked dock”)
  • tafol canolfain (“fiddle dock”)
  • tafol crych (“curled dock”)
  • tafol Mair (“clustered dock”)
  • tafol y dŵr (“great water dock”)
  • tafolog (“full of docks”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh taval, from Proto-Brythonic *taβol (compare Middle Breton taul, taoll and modern Breton taol), from Latin tabula. Doublet of tabl (“table”).

Noun

tafol f or m (plural tafolau or taflau)

  1. (South Wales) balance, scales
    Synonyms: clorian, mantol
  2. (South Wales, figurative) balance
    Synonym: clorian
  3. (astronomy, astrology) Libra
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • tafoli (“to balance”)
  • yn y dafol (“in the balance”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tafol
radical soft nasal aspirate
tafol dafol nhafol thafol

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), “tafol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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