cegid
Welsh
Angau Socrates drwy ddiod gegid.
Etymology
(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]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɡɪd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkeːɡɪd/, /ˈkɛɡɪd/
Noun
cegid f (collective, singulative cegiden)
- hemlock,[2] (Conium spp.), especially poison hemlock, Conium maculatum
Derived terms
- cegid cyffredin (“common hemlock”)
- cegid fenyw (“cow parsley”)
- cegid gwynion (“sweet cicely”)
- cegid y dŵr, cegid pumbys (“water hemlock”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cegid | gegid | nghegid | chegid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- 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
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