plygain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh plygain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʌɡaɪn/, /ˈplɪɡaɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

plygain (usually uncountable, plural plygains)

1. A Welsh custom of singing carols at dawn on Christmas morning.

Anagrams

• playing

Welsh

Alternative forms

• plygaint, pylgain, pylgaint

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pullicantiō (“cockcrow”), referring to the medieval Missa in Gallicantu (Mass at Cockcrow).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpləɡai̯n/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpləɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -əɡai̯n

Noun

plygain m or f (plural plygeinau or plygeiniau)

1. plygain

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
plygain	blygain	mhlygain	phlygain
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), “plygain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies