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cegid

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(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]

Angau Socrates drwy ddiod gegid.

Noun

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cegid f (collective, singulative cegiden)

  1. hemlock,[2] (Conium spp.), especially poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
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Etymology 2

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Alternative form of cegin (woodpecker; jay).[3]

Noun

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cegid f (plural cegidau)

  1. woodpecker (Picidae), notably:
    1. green woodpecker (Picus viridis)[3]
      Synonym: cnocell y coed
    2. great spotted woodpecker, witwall (Dendrocopos major)[3][4]
      Synonyms: cnocell fraith fwyaf, pioden y coed
  2. Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)[3]
    Synonym: sgrech y coed
  3. European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)[4]
    Synonym: llinos werdd
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cegid
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

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  1. ^ Siegfried, Miscellanea Celtica, p. 32
  2. ^ 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. 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. 4.0 4.1 Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2006) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur[1], retrieved 1 August 2024