dryll peiriannol

Welsh

Etymology

Partial calque of English machine gun. Literally, “mechanical gun”.

Pronunciation

Noun

dryll peiriannol m (plural drylliau peiriant)

  1. machine gun
    Synonyms: peirianddryll, gwn peiriant

Mutation

Mutated forms of dryll peiriannol
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryll peiriannol ddryll peiriannol nryll peiriannol unchanged

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), “dryll peiriannol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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