ysol

Welsh

Etymology

From ysu (“to consume, to devour”) +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈəsɔl/
  • Rhymes: -əsɔl

Adjective

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

  1. consuming
  2. corrosive
  3. caustic

Derived terms

  • cigysol (“carnivorous”)
  • corffysol (“necrophagous”)
  • gwaedysol (“sanguivorous”)
  • llysysol (“herbivorous”)
  • pryfysol (“insectivorous”)
  • tomysol (“coprophagous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ysol
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ysol unchanged unchanged hysol

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

References

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