grug

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source.

Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡryːɡ]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡriːɡ]

Noun

grug m or m pl (plural grugow, singulative gruglon)

  1. heather

Compounds
  • grugyar

Mutation
  Mutation of grug  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
grug wrug unchanged krug hwrug wrug

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gwrug, from Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source.

Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).

Alternative forms
  • gwrug (obsolete)
  • gwrig (Pembrokeshire)

Noun

grug m or m pl (plural grugoedd, singulative grugyn or grugen)

  1. heather
Derived terms
Compounds
  • grugiar (“grouse”)
  • grugle (“heath, moor”)
  • gruglus (“bilberries”)
  • gruglwyn (“sweet broom”)
  • gruglyd (“heathery”)
  • grugnythu (“to nestle in heather”)
  • grugos (“heath, moor”)
  • grugwellt (“cocksfoot”)
  • iâr rug (“grouse”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
grug rug ngrug unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

grug

  1. Soft mutation of crug (“hillock”).
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crug grug nghrug chrug
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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