cythraul

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kythreul, alternative form of kythrawl (whence modern cythrol), from Proto-Brythonic *kuθrọl, modification after the suffix *-ọl of Latin contrārius.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθraɨ̯l/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθrɛl/, /ˈkəθral/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθrai̯l/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkəθrɛl/, /ˈkɪθrɛl/

Noun

cythraul m (plural cythreuliaid)

1. (religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)
2. (traditional, derogatory) an objectionable person

Synonyms

• (demon, devil): diawl

Derived terms

• cythraul Tasmania (“Tasmanian devil”)
• cythreuldeb m (“fiendishness”)
• cythreules f (“she-devil”)
• cythreulig (“fiendish”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cythraul

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cythraul	gythraul	nghythraul	chythraul

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cythraul”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies