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dryll.

gun, firearm

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/drɨ̞ɬ/North-Wales/drɪɬ/South-Wales
  1. gun, firearm

    masculine
  2. broken-off piece, fragment, shard

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *drus-lyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews-lo-, from *dʰrews- (“to break into pieces”), which appears to be related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”). Cognate with Cornish dral, Middle Breton druill, and, outside of Celtic, Lithuanian druskà (“salt”); see the Lithuanian for more.

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