pennog

Welsh

Haig o benwaig

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnɔɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɔɡ

Etymology 1

Alteration of penwag, from pen (“head”) +‎ gwag (“empty”).

Alternative forms

• penwag

Noun

pennog m (plural penwaig or penwyg or penweigion or penogiaid)

1. (countable, North Wales) herring, Clupea harengus

   Synonym: ysgadenyn

Derived terms

• cefn pennog (“herring-bone”)
• corbennog (“sprat”)
• gwalch y penwaig (“razorbill”)
• gwylan penwaig (“herring gull”)
• pennog coch (“kipper”)
• pennog Mair (“pilchard”)

Etymology 2

From pen (“head”) +‎ -og.

Alternative forms

• pendog

Noun

pennog m (plural penogiaid)

1. chief, head, master
2. (letter) capital

   Synonyms: mawr, bras

Derived terms

• pennog tŷ (“master of the house”)

Etymology 3

Noun

pennog f (collective, singulative ?)

1. Variant of pennyg (entrails, tripe)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pennog	bennog	mhennog	phennog
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), “pennog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies