tingoch
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From tin (“arse, buttocks”) + coch (“red”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tingoch (feminine singular tingoch, plural tingochion, not comparable)
Noun edit
tingoch m or f (plural tingochion or tingochiaid)
- redstart (Phoenicurus spp.), especially the common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
- Synonyms: bolgoch, coch y berllan, llostrudd, adar rhawngoch, rhonell goch, tinboeth
- bullfinch (Pyrrhula spp.)
- Synonym: coch y berllan
Derived terms edit
- tingoch du (“black redstart”)
- golfan dingoch (“twite”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tingoch | dingoch | nhingoch | thingoch |
| 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), “tingoch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies