eirin
Appearance
See also: Eirin
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh eirin, from Proto-Brythonic *ėɣrin, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyā, plural of *agrinyom (compare Cornish yryn, Breton irin, Irish airne (“sloe”)), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”) (compare Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Old Church Slavonic агода (agoda, “berry”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈei̯rɪn/
- Homophone: Euryn (South Wales)
Noun
[edit]eirin f (collective, singulative eirinen)
Derived terms
[edit]- coed eirin (“plum trees”)
- eirin duon (“damsons”)
- eirin duon bach (“sloes”)
- eirin duon tag (“sloes”)
- eirin Gwion (“briony berries”)
- eirin gwlanog (“peaches”)
- eirin gwyllt (“wild plums”)
- eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
- eirin moch (“hawthorn berries, haws”)
- eirin surion (“sloes”)
- eirin surion bach (“sloes”)
- eirin sych (“prunes”)
- eirin tagu (“sloes”)
- eirin y coed (“wild plums”)
- eirin y gors (“crowberries”)
- eirin y moch (“hawthorn berries”)
- eirin y perthi (“sloes”)
- eirin ysgaw (“elderberries”)
- eirina (“to collect sloes or bullace”)
- gweiniog afalau ac eirin (“apple and plum case-bearer”)
- gwyfyn eirin (“plum fruit moth”)
- rhwd coeden eirin (“plum rust”)
- tortrics eirin (“plum tortrix”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
eirin | unchanged | unchanged | heirin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eirin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh terms with homophones
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh collective nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Anatomy
- cy:Fruits