| Rhyming words with stressed -als [-'als] (full list) |
||
|---|---|---|
| als | FN | cliff |
| als | MN | joint |
| fals | AJ | false |
| fals | FN | scythe |
| fals | 13 | scythes |
| kals | MN | heap |
| pals | AJ | plenty |
| pals | 13 | paralyses |
| Rhyming words with unstressed -als [-alz] < Old Cornish /-alt/ (full list) |
||
|---|---|---|
| gorfals | AJ | profuse |
| kevals | MN | joint |
The following 4 pairs are found:
| fals | BM.2045 | falge | ≈ | kals | BM.2046 | calge |
| palz | BK28.34 | pals | ≈ | fals | BK28.36 | fals |
| fals | BK40.24 | fals | ≈ | fals | BK40.27 | fals |
| alz | BK40.36 | als | ≈ | fals | BK40.39 | fals |
In these rhyming pairs, the loan-word fals,
which is from Old English false reinforced by Old French fals,
behaves as it it were /falz/.