ceiliog

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ceilog

Etymology

From Middle Welsh keilyawc, from Proto-Brythonic *kėljọg, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₁- (“call”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯ljɔɡ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯ljɔɡ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯lɔɡ/, /ˈkiːlɔɡ/

Noun

ceiliog m (plural ceiliogod or ceiliogau)

1. cock, cockerel, rooster
2. the male of any bird species
3. (figurative) plucky person
4. (figurative) weathercock
5. cock (of gun)
6. clevis, plough-cock
7. snack taken by quarrymen way to work

Derived terms

• ceiliog y gwair, ceiliog rhedyn (“grasshopper”)
• ceiliog y gwynt (“weathercock”)
• ceiliog ymladd (“fighting cock”)
• gêm geiliog (“cockfight”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ceiliog	geiliog	ngheiliog	cheiliog
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), “ceiliog, ceilog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies