cegid
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɡɪd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkeːɡɪd/, /ˈkɛɡɪd/
Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the same source as cecys (“kex, hollow stalks”) Cornish cegas, English kex and Latin cicūta (“hemlock”).[1]

Noun
[edit]cegid f (collective, singulative cegiden)
- hemlock,[2] (Conium spp.), especially poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- cawod goch cegid (“cowbane rust”)
- cegid cyffredin, (Middle Welsh) tost y gegid (“common hemlock”)
- cegid dail persli (“parsley water-dropwort”)
- cegid fenyw (“cow parsley”)
- cegid meinddail (“narrow-leaved water-dropwort”)
- cegid Mynwy (“corky-fruited water-dropwort”)
- cegid pêr/perion, cegid gwyn(ion) (“sweet cicely”)
- cegid pibellaidd (“tubular water-dropwort”)
- cegid pumbys (“water hemlock, cowbane”)
- cegid y dŵr (“hemlock water-dropwort; water hemlock, cowbane”)
- cegid yr afon (“river water-dropwort”)
- cegidaidd (“relating to hemlock”)
- cegidog (“abounding in hemlock”)
- cegidwydd (“hemlock spruces”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative form of cegin (“woodpecker; jay”).[3]
Noun
[edit]cegid f (plural cegidau)
- woodpecker (Picidae), notably:
- Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)[3]
- Synonym: sgrech y coed
- European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)[4]
- Synonym: llinos werdd
Derived terms
[edit]- y gegid fechan (“cuckoo”)
- cegid fraith (“spotted woodpecker”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
cegid | gegid | nghegid | chegid |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Siegfried, Miscellanea Celtica, p. 32
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cegid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cegid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2006) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur[1], retrieved 1 August 2024