kegin

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeːɡĩn/

Etymology 1

From Middle Breton quiguin. Cognate with Cornish and Middle Welsh kegin (“jay”).

Noun

kegin f (plural kegined)

1. jay

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kegin f (plural keginoù)

1. kitchen

Inflection

Mutation of kegin

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kegin	gegin	c'hegin	unchanged
plural	keginoù	geginoù	c'heginoù	unchanged

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

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛɡɪn]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kegin f (plural keginow)

1. kitchen

Derived terms

• kegina (“cook”, verb)
• keginer, keginores (“chef”)
• keginieth (“cookery”)
• lowarth kegin (“vegetable garden”)
• toul kegin (“kitchen utensil”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Breton and Middle Welsh kegin (“jay”).

Noun

kegin f (plural kegines)

1. jay

Mutation

Mutation of kegin

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kegin	gegin	hegin	unchanged	unchanged

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

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh cecin. Cognate with Breton and Cornish kegin (“jay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɡin/

Noun

kegin f (plural keginet)

1. woodpecker (Picidae), notably:
   1. green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
   2. great spotted woodpecker, witwall (Dendrocopos major)
2. Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Descendants

• ⇒ Welsh: cegid (alteration)

Mutation

Mutated forms of kegin

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
kegin	gegin	kegin / chegin pronounced with /ŋ̊-/	chegin

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cegin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies