chwistl

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

English whistle +‎ -en, cf. English whistler (“whistling marmot”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

chwistl f (collective, singulative chwistlen, not mutable)

  1. (obsolete) shrews (Soricidae spp.)

Mutation

Mutated forms of chwistl
radical soft nasal aspirate
chwistl unchanged unchanged unchanged

References

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