chwilen

Welsh

Alternative forms

(archaic) chwil

Etymology

Back-formation from chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc.. Compare Breton c'houil, Cornish whylen.

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwɪlɛn/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwɪlan/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχwiːlɛn/, /ˈχwɪlɛn/

Noun

chwilen f (plural chwilod or chwilennod, not mutable)

beetle (Coleoptera)[1][2]

References

Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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[1] Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131

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