crogen

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Variant of cragen. Related to cregen (“clay vessel”). This form may show influence from English crock.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkroːɡɛn/, /ˈkrɔɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn

Noun

crogen f (plural cregyn or crogennau, diminutive cregynnach or cregynnos)

1. Alternative form of cragen

Derived terms

• 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”)
• crogen Aberffro (“large clam”)
• crogen agor (“seashell as ornament”)
• crogen Blacen (“Old Maid clam”)
• crogen dilyw (“horsemussel”)
• crogen ddu (“mussel”)
• crogen Fair (“cowrie”)
• crogen falwen (“snail shell”)
• crogen fwyd (“horn for calling farm workers to dinner”)
• crogen gasgliad (“Sea Ear”)
• crogen gocas (“cockle”)
• crogen goch (“fish gill”)
• crogen Iago (“scallop”)
• crogen Job (“prickly cockle”)
• crogen las (“mussel, gizzard”)
• crogen neidr (“Nerite snail”)
• crogen oestr (“oystershell”)
• crogen wen (“cockle”)
• crogen wystrysen (“oystershell”)
• crogenbysg (“shellfish”)
• crogenfaen (“pearl”)
• crogenna (“to gather shells”)
• crogennaidd (“testaceous”)
• crogennog (“shelly, testaceous; crustaceous”)
• crogennu (“to form a shell”)
• crogynnwr (“ conchologist”)
• mynd i'w grogen (“to become shy”)
• suddo i'w grogen (“to become shy”)

 

See also

• cogwrn (“lump, knob, shell”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crogen	grogen	nghrogen	chrogen
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), “crogen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies