diawl

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Welsh

Alternative forms

jawl (reflecting the colloquial pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh diawl, dieuyl, from Proto-Brythonic *diaβl (compare Breton diaoul, Cornish dyowl) borrowed from Vulgar Latin *diablus, from Ecclesiastical Latin or Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Doublet of diafol.

Pronunciation

(standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /djau̯l/
(colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒau̯l/
Rhymes: -au̯l

Noun

diawl m (plural diawliaid or diefyl)

devil

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *diawl*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
diawl	ddiawl	niawl	unchanged

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

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