aroglau

• oglau, rhoglau

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈrɔɡlaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aˈrɔɡla/, /ˈrɔɡla/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈrɔɡlai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aˈrɔɡlɛ/, /ˈrɔɡlɛ/

Inherited from Middle Welsh arogleu, built from roots related to ar- (“on”) and clywed (“to sense”).

aroglau m (plural arogleuon) (literary)

1. smell, odour, scent

   Synonyms: arwynt, sawr

2. perfume, fragrance

   Synonym: persawr

3. stench, stink

   Synonyms: drewdod, drycsawr

4. (physiology) sense of smell

• (backformed from the plural) arogl (“smell”)
• arogleuber (“sweet-smelling”)
• arogleuo (“to smell”)

aroglau m pl

1. plural of arogl

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “smell”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “aroglau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aroglau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies