cigydd

Welsh

Etymology

cig (“meat”) +‎ -ydd.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɡɨ̞ð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːɡɪð/, /ˈkɪɡɪð/

Noun

cigydd m (plural cigyddion)

1. butcher (one who slaughters animals for meat or sells meat)
2. (figurative) butcher (a brutal or indiscriminate killer)
3. (ornithology) shrike (cf. English butcherbird)

Derived terms

• cigydd bach (“woodchat shrike”)
• cigydd cefngoch (“red-backed shrike”)
• cigydd glas (“lesser grey shrike”)
• cigydd mawr (“great grey shrike”)
• cigydd mygydog (“masked shrike”)
• cigydd pengoch (“woodchat shrike”)
• cigyddiaeth (“butchery”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cigydd	gigydd	nghigydd	chigydd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.