ysgadan
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Irish scadán, Scottish Gaelic sgadan, Scottish Gaelic skeddan. All could be related to Old English sċeadd (modern English shad), along with Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”), but the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /əsˈɡadan/, [əsˈkadan]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /əsˈɡa(ː)dan/, [əsˈka(ː)dan]
- Rhymes: -adan
Noun edit
ysgadan m (collective, singulative ysgadenyn)
- (South Wales) herrings, Clupea harengus
- Synonym: penwaig
Derived terms edit
- cawl ysgadan (“herring broth; mess”)
- gwylan ysgadan (“herring-gull, Larus argentatus”)
- mynd i chwiban ysgadan (“to go to Halifax”)
- ysgadan agored (“kippers”)
- ysgadan coch (“red herrings”)
- ysgadan sych (“bloaterss”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ysgadan | unchanged | unchanged | hysgadan |
| 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), “ysgadan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies