diawl

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • jawl (reflecting the colloquial pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh diawl, dieuyl, from Proto-Brythonic *diaβl (compare Breton diaoul, Cornish dyowl) borrowed from Vulgar Latin *diablus, from Ecclesiastical Latin or Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Doublet of diafol.

Pronunciation
  • (standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /djau̯l/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /d͡ʒau̯l/
  • Rhymes: -au̯l

Noun

diawl m (plural diawliaid or diefyl)

  1. devil

Derived terms
  • diawlio
  • dieflig

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
diawl ddiawl niawl unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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