ffwyl

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • ffoel

Etymology

Borrowed from English foil.

Noun

ffwyl m (plural ffwylau, not mutable)

  1. (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.
  2. (fencing) foil

Hypernyms

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
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