cragen
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to cregen (“clay vessel”). The variant form crogen may show influence from English crock.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkraɡɛn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkra(ː)ɡɛn/
- Rhymes: -aɡɛn
Noun edit
cragen f (plural cregyn or cragennau, diminutive cregynnach or cregynnos)
Derived terms edit
- cragen Bedr (“nautilus”)
- cragen dilyw (“horsemussel”)
- cragen ddu (“mussel”)
- cragen gar (“osselet”)
- cragen gocas (“cockle”)
- cragen gowri (“cowrie”)
- cragen grach (“barnacle”)
- cragen gwichiad (“periwinkle”)
- cragen las (“mussel, gizzard”)
- cragen llygaid meheryn (“limpet”)
- cragen malwen (“snail shell”)
- cragen march (“osselet”)
- cragen moch (“whelk shell”)
- cragen neges (“type of mussel”)
- cragen oestr (“oystershell”)
- cragen wen (“cockle”)
- cragen wystrysen (“oystershell”)
- cragenbysg (“shellfish”)
- cragenfaen (“pearl”)
- cragennaidd (“testaceous”)
- cragennog (“shelly, testaceous; crustaceous”)
- cragennu (“to form a shell”)
- cregyn heddwch (“cash, ready money”)
- cregynfa (“shell collection”)
- cregyniaeth (“conchology”)
- cregynllyd (“fragile, broken”)
- cregynna (“to gather shells”)
- cregynnach (“little shell”)
- cregynnaidd (“testaceous”)
- cregynneg (“conchology”)
- cregynnem (“mother of pearl”)
- cregynnog (“shelly, testaceous; crustaceous”)
- cregynnol (“shell-forming”)
- cregynnos (“little shell”)
- cregynnwr (“ conchologist”)
- mynd i'w gragen (“to become shy”)
- suddo i'w gragen (“to become shy”)
See also edit
- cogwrn (“lump, knob, shell”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cragen | gragen | nghragen | chragen |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cragen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies