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Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English foil.
Noun
ffwyl m (plural ffwylau, not mutable)
- (literary) foil (defeat)
1882, D. Silvan Evans, J. Jones, Ysten Sioned, Aberystwyth: John Morgan, page 108:Anhyfryd beth yw methu / a ffwyl ar ddyn yw ffaelu.- An unpleasant thing it is to falter / and foil to man is failure.
- (fencing) foil
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Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffwyl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies