ysgadan

Welsh

Haig o ysgadan

Alternative forms

• sgadan, sgatarn, stenyn, ysgadain, ysgedyn

Etymology

Cognate with Irish scadán, Scottish Gaelic sgadan, Manx 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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əsˈɡadan/, [əsˈkadan]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əsˈɡa(ː)dan/, [əsˈka(ː)dan]
• Rhymes: -adan

Noun

ysgadan m (collective, singulative ysgadenyn)

1. (South Wales) herrings, Clupea harengus

   Synonym: penwaig

Derived terms

• 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 (“bloaters”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ysgadan

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ysgadan	unchanged	unchanged	hysgadan

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

References

• 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