sylw

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Welsh

Etymology

Uncertain, but related to Breton sell (look) and Old Irish sellaid (sees).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪlu/, /ˈsəlu/

Usage notes

Despite being written with ⟨y⟩, the vowel here is usually pronounced /ɪ/, because the final ⟨w⟩ was formerly non-syllabic.[2]

Noun

sylw m (plural sylwadau or sylwau, not mutable)

  1. attention, focus
    Talwch sylw!Pay attention!
  2. observation, remark, comment

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ James, Alan G. (2013) “P-Celtic in Southern Scotland and Cumbria: a review of the place-name evidence for possible Pictish phonology”, in The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, volume 7, page 29‒78
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 82 iii (1).