hwyl

== English == === Etymology === From Welsh hwyl. === Noun === hwyl (uncountable) A melodic chanting style of Welsh preaching. == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh hwyl, from Old Welsh huil, from Old English seġl or Old Norse segl, both from Proto-Germanic *seglą (“sail”). Other meanings apparently derive from this, via the sense of successful progress, perhaps influenced by gŵyl (“holiday, feast”). Cognate with Breton gouel (“sail; feast”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /huːɨ̯l/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /hʊi̯l/ Rhymes: -uːɨ̯l === Noun === hwyl f (plural hwyliau, not mutable) sail mood journey, route, progress, success fun fervour, ecstatic inspiration, especially as exhibited by Nonconformist preachers ==== Derived terms ==== anhwyl (“disorder, illness”) hwylbren (“mast”) hwylus (“expedient”) === Interjection === hwyl goodbye, bye, bye-bye ==== Derived terms ==== hwyl fawr (“goodbye”) === References ===