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llym.

keen, harsh, strong, severe

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɬɨ̞m/North-Wales/ɬɪm/South-Wales

  1. keen, harsh, strong, severe

  2. bitter, acrid

  3. sharp, pointed

  4. vicious (temper)

  5. poignant (smell)

  6. acute (accent)

  7. acute (angle)

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh llymhau, from Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *lim-ā- (“to sharpen”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognate with Breton lemm, Cornish lymm; outside of Celtic, compare Latin līma (“carpenter's file”), English slime.

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