Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *sek-. Cognate with Cornish hesk, Breton hesk and Irish seisc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hesg f (collective, singulative hesgen, not mutable)

  1. sedges, rushes.

References edit

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