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niwl.

mist, fog, haze

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/nɪu̯l/
  1. mist, fog, haze

    masculine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh nywl. Cognate with Irish néal; a Celtic loanword either from Vulgar Latin *nībulus, a modification of Latin nūbilus (“cloudy”), or from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz (“cloud, mist”). See also nifwl (“nebula”).

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