eyl

See also: Eyl

Cornish

Cornish numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal (masculine): dew     Cardinal (feminine): diw     Ordinal: eyl, nessa     Ordinal abbreviation: 2a     Adverbial: diwweyth     Multiplier: dewblek     Fractional: hanter

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *ėl, from Proto-Celtic *alyos. Cognate with Welsh ail.

Adjective

eyl

1. second

   Synonym: nessa

2. one of two

Derived terms

• an eyl hy ben f (“one another”)
• an eyl wosa y gila (“successive”)
• an eyl y gila m (“one another”)
• eyla (“second”, verb)
• eylen (“second (unit of time)”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

eyl

1. inflection of eyla (“to second”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “eyl” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.