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madfall
madfall
Welsh
Noun
madfall m, f (plural madfeill or madfallod)
- lizard
- 1853, Aeron Afan, sef y Cyfansoddiadau Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Iforaidd Aberafan, page 49:
- Mae cymmaint a phum tylwyth o leiaf o madfallod wedi eu darganfod yma.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Mae cymmaint a phum tylwyth o leiaf o madfallod wedi eu darganfod yma.
- 1854, Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd neu Drysorfa o Wyboddaeth Ddwyfol, Iachusol a Chyffredinol, page 151:
- Fel y fadfall, newidiant eu lliw gyda phob cyflwr a sefyllfa.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Fel y fadfall, newidiant eu lliw gyda phob cyflwr a sefyllfa.
- 1853, Aeron Afan, sef y Cyfansoddiadau Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Iforaidd Aberafan, page 49:
- slowworm, blindworm
- newt
Synonyms
- (lizard, newt): genau-goeg
Derived terms
- madfall ddŵr
- madfall gyffredin
- madfall symudliw
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| madfall | fadfall | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “madfall” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.