kergh

Cornish

Kergh

Etymology

From Old Cornish keirch, from Proto-Brythonic *körx, from Proto-Celtic *korkyos. Cognate with Breton kerc'h, Irish and Scottish Gaelic coirce, Manx corkey, and Welsh ceirch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛɹx/

Noun

kergh f (singulative kerghen)

1. (collective) oats, oat flakes

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) greunvos; barlys/heydh, gwaneth, hwegys/ys, kergh, myll, ris, spelt, sugal

Derived terms

• kergh gwyls (“wild oats”)
• kergh gwyls an gwav (“winter wild oats”)
• kerghek (“oatfield”)
• kerghwels hesk, kerghwels koog (“oatgrass”)
• yos kergh (“porridge, oatmeal”)

Mutation

Mutation of kergh

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kergh	gergh	hergh	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged