ceirios

Welsh

Ceirios

Alternative forms

• ceiros, ceirioes, ceiroes

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kėres (perhaps from a late Proto-Celtic *keresyā) borrowed from Late Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”). Compare Cornish keres, Breton kerez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯rjɔs/

Noun

ceirios f (collective, singulative ceiriosen)

1. cherries (Prunus subg. Cerasus)

Derived terms

• ceirios celynnog (“holly-leaved cherries”)
• ceirios chwerw (“pin cherries”)
• ceirios dagu (“chokecherries”)
• ceirios du (“black cherries, wild cherries”)
• ceirios glacé (“glacé cherries”)
• ceirios gorweddol (“ground cherries”)
• ceirios gwynion (“white-heart cherries”)
• ceirios Lleucu (“St Lucie cherries”)
• ceirios Manchuria (“Manchurian herries”)
• ceirios melys (“sweet cherries”)
• ceirios Pennsylfania (“pin cherries”)
• ceirios Sargent (“Sargent cherries”)
• ceirios y cwyros (“Cornelian cherries, cornels”)
• ceirios y ddaear (“ground cherries”)
• ceirios y gaeaf (“winter cherries”)
• ceirios y gŵr drwg (“deadly nightshade”)
• ceirios y sur (“agriot”)
• ceirios y tywod (“sand cherries”)
• ceirios y waun (“cranberries, bilberries”)
• ceirios yr adar (“bird cherries”)
• ceirioswydd (“cherry trees”)
• coed ceirios (“cherry trees”)
• corgeirios (“dwarf cherries”)
• pren ceirios (“cherry tree”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceirios

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ceirios	geirios	ngheirios	cheirios

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ceirios”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN