draenogrwydd

Welsh

Etymology

draenog (literally “hedgehog”, figuratively “a prickly, irritable person”, as an adjective “prickly, thorny”) +‎ -rwydd (“-ness”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dreɨ̯ˈnɔɡ.ruɨ̯ð/

Noun

draenogrwydd m (uncountable)

1. acrimonious nature, peevish spirit, prickliness, hedgehogginess
   • 1914 August, Alafon [pseud. Owen Griffith Owen], “Awdwr Cân y Môr. Rowland Evan Roberts, Bedw-Argoed, Llanberis.” (pages 65–69), in Owen Morgan Edwards, editor, Cymru, volume XLVII, number 277, Caernarfon: Cwmni y Cyhoeddwyr Cymreig, page 67/1:

     Wel, fe ddaeth oes Edward Owen i ben o’r diwedd. A chymaint oedd parch pobl yr Undeb Llenyddol iddo fel y cynhygiwyd gwobr dda am farwnad iddo. Yn unol â’i ddireidi greddfol, beth wnaeth “Rolant” ond llunio cerdd goffa oedd yn ddisgrifiad llawn a chywir o hono — yn ei ddraenogrwydd a’i hynodion, yn neillduol.

     Well, Edward Owen’s days came to an end at last. And such was the esteem in which he was held by the people of the Literary Union that a rich reward was offered for an elegy of him. In keeping with his innate mischievousness, what did “Rolant” do but concoct a memorial poem which was a complete and accurate description of him — in his prickliness and his peculiarities, in particular.

Mutation

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

Further reading

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