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llyfn.

smooth

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɬɨ̞vn/North-Wales/ɬɪvn/South-Wales
  1. smooth

  2. hairless

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *llɨvn, from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”). Cognate with Breton levn, Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn, English slime.

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