cryg

Welsh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /krɨːɡ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːɡ/
• Homophone: crug (“hillock”)
• Rhymes: -ɨːɡ

Adjective

cryg (feminine singular creg, plural cryg, equative cryged, comparative crygach, superlative crygaf)

1. hoarse, harsh

   Synonyms: cras, croch, cryglyd

2. inarticulate, stammering, stuttering

   Synonym: bloesg

Derived terms

• cregen (“discordant speech”)
• crygedd (“hoarseness”)
• cryglais (“shriek, croak”)
• crygleisio (“to shriek, to croak”)
• crygleisiwr (“screecher, croaker”)
• cryglyd (“hoarse, grating”)
• crygni (“hoarseness”)
• crygu (“to become hoarse, to make hoarse”)
• crygwst (“croup”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cryg	gryg	nghryg	chryg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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