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folt.

hair (of head); locks, tresses

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/fˠɞl̪ˠt̪ˠ/Munster/fˠɞl̪ˠh/Munster
  1. hair (of head); locks, tresses

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish folt, from Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

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