hirben

Welsh

Etymology

hir (“long”) +‎ pen (“head”).

Adjective

hirben (feminine singular hirben, plural hirben, not comparable, not mutable)

1. long-headed, dolichocephalic

   Synonym: dolicoseffalaidd

2. shrewd, astute, crafty, cunning

   Synonyms: craff, castiog, cyfrwys, doeth, deallus, siarp

Derived terms

• drewg hirben gwrychog, pabi hirben gwrychog (“prickly poppy”)
• meillion hirben (“blue throatwort”)
• pabi hirben (llyfn) (“long-headed poppy”)

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “calculating”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “dolicocephalic”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “shrewd”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “hirben”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hirben”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies