tafol

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Brythonic *tawọl. Compare Cornish tavol, Breton teol.

    Noun

    tafol (plural, singular tafolen f)

    1. dock, Rumex crispus
    Derived terms
    • dail tafol (“dock leaves”)
    • tafol bachog (“hooked dock”)
    • tafol canolfain (“fiddle dock”)
    • tafol crych (“curled dock”)
    • tafol Mair (“clustered dock”)
    • tafol y dŵr (“great water dock”)
    • tafolog (“full of docks”)

    Etymology 2

      From Middle Welsh taval, from Proto-Brythonic *taβol (compare Middle Breton taul, taoll and modern Breton taol), from Latin tabula. Doublet of tabl (“table”).

      Noun

      tafol f or m (plural tafolau or taflau)

      1. (South Wales) balance, scales
        Synonyms: clorian, mantol
      2. (South Wales, figurative) balance
        Synonym: clorian
      3. (astronomy, astrology) Libra
      Alternative forms
      Derived terms
      • tafoli (“to balance”)
      • yn y dafol (“in the balance”)

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of tafol
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      tafol dafol nhafol thafol

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Further reading

      • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tafol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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