cragen

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to cregen (“clay vessel”). The variant form crogen may show influence from English crock.

Pronunciation

Noun

cragen f (plural cregyn or cragennau, diminutive cregynnach or cregynnos)

  1. shell
    Synonym: cogwrn
    1. framework
      Synonym: fframwaith
    2. hull, husk
      Synonyms: gwisg, cibyn, plisg
    3. wrapper
  2. fragment, potsherd
    Synonyms: dryll, creg
  3. fish gill, jaw
    Synonyms: tagell, gên

Derived terms
  • cragen Bedr (“nautilus”)
  • cragen dilyw (“horsemussel”)
  • cragen ddu (“mussel”)
  • cragen gar (“osselet”)
  • cragen gocas (“cockle”)
  • cragen gowri (“cowrie”)
  • cragen grach (“barnacle”)
  • cragen gwichiad (“periwinkle”)
  • cragen las (“mussel, gizzard”)
  • cragen llygaid meheryn (“limpet”)
  • cragen malwen (“snail shell”)
  • cragen march (“osselet”)
  • cragen moch (“whelk shell”)
  • cragen neges (“type of mussel”)
  • cragen oestr (“oystershell”)
  • cragen wen (“cockle”)
  • cragen wystrysen (“oystershell”)
  • cragenbysg (“shellfish”)
  • cragenfaen (“pearl”)
  • cragennaidd (“testaceous”)
  • cragennog (“shelly, testaceous; crustaceous”)
  • cragennu (“to form a shell”)
  • cregyn heddwch (“cash, ready money”)
  • cregynfa (“shell collection”)
  • cregyniaeth (“conchology”)
  • cregynllyd (“fragile, broken”)
  • cregynna (“to gather shells”)
  • cregynnach (“little shell”)
  • cregynnaidd (“testaceous”)
  • cregynneg (“conchology”)
  • cregynnem (“mother of pearl”)
  • cregynnog (“shelly, testaceous; crustaceous”)
  • cregynnol (“shell-forming”)
  • cregynnos (“little shell”)
  • cregynnwr (“ conchologist”)
  • mynd i'w gragen (“to become shy”)
  • suddo i'w gragen (“to become shy”)

See also
  • cogwrn (“lump, knob, shell”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cragen gragen nghragen chragen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cragen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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