grawn

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Brythonic *grọn, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Compare Breton greun, Irish grán, Latin grānum.

Noun

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grawn m (collective, singulative gronyn)

  1. grain, corn, cereal
    Synonym: ŷd
  2. (zoology) roe, spawn (fish or amphibian eggs)
  3. (obsolete) berries, grapes, fruit
    Synonyms: aeron, macon, ffrwythau
Usage notes
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This refers to the British English meaning of "corn". For the American English "corn" (Zea mays), the Welsh terms are either indrawn or india-corn.

Derived terms
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
grawn rawn ngrawn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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grawn

  1. Soft mutation of crawn (store).

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crawn grawn nghrawn chrawn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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