eirin

See also: Eirin

Welsh

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯rɪn/
• Homophone: Euryn (South Wales)

Noun

eirin (plural, singular eirinen f)

1. plums, including damsons; sloes, bullace
   1. berries

      Synonyms: aeron, grawn, macon

2. plums, balls, stones (testicles)

   Synonym: ceilliau

Derived terms

• 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 gwyrdd(ion), eirin gwynion (“greengages”)
• eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
• eirin moch (“hawthorn berries, haws”)
• eirin surion (“sloes”)
• eirin surion bach (“sloes”)
• eirin sych (“prunes”)
• eirin tagu (“bullaces”)
• 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

Mutated forms of eirin

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

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “eirin”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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