cegin

See also: Cegin

Welsh

Cegin orllewinol nodweddiadol.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɡɪn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːɡɪn/, /ˈkɛɡɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh kegyn, from Proto-Brythonic *kögin (whence also Breton and Cornish kegin), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna.

Noun

cegin f (plural ceginau or ceginoedd)

1. kitchen, cookroom

   “Mae'r bwyd yn barod ar fwrdd y gegin!” gwaeddod Mam. ― “The food is ready on the kitchen table!” shouted Mam.

Derived terms

• cegin orau (“parlour, sitting room”)
• ceginaidd (“relating to the kitchen; ordinary”)
• cegindy (“cookshop”)
• ceginfa (“ ship's galley”)
• ceginiaeth (“cookery, cuisine”)
• ceginio (“to cook”)
• ceginol (“culinary”)
• ceginwaith (“kitchenwork”)
• ceginwas, gwas cegin (“scullion, kitchen servant”)
• ceginwr (“cook”)
• gardd gegin (“kitchen garden”)

Related terms

• coginio (“to cook”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cegin m

1. ridge of a hill

   Synonyms: cefn, trum

Derived terms

• cegindderw (“stunted oak trees; Jerusalem oak goosefoot; germander”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cegin

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cegin	gegin	nghegin	chegin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.