llyg

Welsh

Llygon

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬɨːɡ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬiːɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɨːɡ
• Homophone: llug (“radiance, splendour”)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *llug, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts. Doublet of llygod (“mice”).

Noun

llyg m or f (plural llygon)

1. shrew (Soricidae spp.)

   Synonym: chwistlen

Derived terms

• llyg cyffredin (“common shrew”)
• llyg y dŵr (“water shrew”)
• y llyg lleiaf (“pygmy shrew”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

llyg m (plural llyg)

1. cheese mite

   Synonym: llyg caws

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llyg	lyg	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.