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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *skoltā (“cleft, fissure”). Cognate with Irish scoilt (“split, crack”).
Noun
hollt m or f (plural holltau or hyllt, diminutive hollten or holltig or holltyn, not mutable)
- cleft, cleavage, fissure, rift, fault, crack, crevice, slit, split
- something split, splinter
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hollt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies