crëyr

Welsh

crëyr glas

Alternative forms

• crŷr

Etymology

From Middle Welsh crehyr, from Proto-Brythonic *krexVr (compare Middle Breton querhair), from or related to Proto-Celtic *korxsā (compare Irish corr), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”).

Related to Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (compare Dutch reiger, German Reiher).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.ɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.ɪr/

Noun

crëyr m (plural crehyrod)

1. heron, egret (a long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae)

   Synonym: crychydd

Derived terms

• crëyr bach (“little egret”)
• crëyr brych (“bittern”)
• crëyr glas (“grey heron”)
• crëyr llwyd (“slaty egret”)
• crëyr llwydwyn (“night heron”)
• crëyr mawr gwyn (“great egret”)
• crëyr melyn (“squacco heron”)
• crëyr porffor (“purple heron”)
• crëyr y gwartheg (“cattle egret”)
• crëyr y nos (“night heron”)
• pig y crëyr (“storksbill, heron's bill”)
• pryf y crëyr (“hawkfly, hoverfly”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crëyr	grëyr	nghrëyr	chrëyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.