ceffyl

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kappilos (compare Breton kefel).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ceffyl m (plural ceffylau)

  1. horse, gelding, mount

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
ceffyl geffyl ngheffyl cheffyl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, 2nd edn. (Paris: Errance, 2003), 95-6.
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