hollt

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *skoltā (“cleft, fissure”). Cognate with Irish scoilt (“split, crack”).

Noun

hollt m or f (plural holltau or hyllt, diminutive hollten or holltig or holltyn, not mutable)

1. cleft, cleavage, fissure, rift, fault, crack, crevice, slit, split
2. something split, splinter

Derived terms

• hollti (“split”, verb)
• holltog (“cleft, split”, adjective)

Further reading

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