cryg
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /krɨːɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kriːɡ/
- Homophone: crug (“hillock”)
- Rhymes: -ɨːɡ
Adjective edit
cryg (feminine singular creg, plural cryg, equative cryged, comparative crygach, superlative crygaf)
- hoarse, harsh
- inarticulate, stammering, stuttering
- Synonym: bloesg
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
| 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 edit
- 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