morvil

Breton

Etymology

From mor (“sea”) +‎ mil (“animal”) (compare Welsh morfil, Cornish morvil, Middle Irish muirmíl).

Noun

morvil f (plural morviled)

1. cetacean

Cornish

Morvil bothek (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Etymology

From mor (“sea”) +‎ mil (“animal”). Compare Welsh morfil, Breton morvil, and Middle Irish muirmíl.

Noun

morvil m (plural morviles)

1. whale

Derived terms

• korrvorvil ewn (“pigmy right whale”)
• korrvorvil kor (“dwarf sperm whale”)
• morvil askellek (“fin whale”)
• morvil askellek glas (“blue whale”)
• morvil askellek hern (“sei whale”)
• morvil askellek minke (“common minke whale”)
• morvil askellek minke an Dhyghow (“Antarctic minke whale”)
• morvil bothek (“humpback whale”)
• morvil ewn an Dhyghow (“Southern right whale”)
• morvil ewn an Iwerydh (“North Atlantic right whale”)
• morvil ewn an Keynvor Hebask (“North Pacific right whale”)
• morvil gelvinek True (“True's beaked whale”)
• morvil goodh gelvinek (“Cuvier's beaked whale”)
• morvil gwynn (“beluga whale”)
• morvil kor (“sperm whale”)
• morvil kor byghan (“pigmy sperm whale”)
• morvil loos (“gray whale”)
• morvil penn gwarak (“Arctic whale”)
• morvil penn krenn (“long-finned pilot whale”)
• morvil penn pompyon (“melon-headed whale”)
• morvil tron botel (“northern bottlenose whale”)
• morvil tron botel an Dhyghow (“southern bottlenose whale”)
• morvil tron botel trovannel (“tropical bottlenose whale”)
• morvil unkorn (“narwhal”)

Mutation

Mutation of morvil

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
morvil	vorvil	unchanged	unchanged	forvil, vorvil*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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