pigog

Welsh

Etymology

From pig (“prick, thorn”) +‎ -og.

Adjective

pigog (feminine singular pigog, plural pigog, equative mor bigog, comparative mwy pigog, superlative mwyaf pigog)

1. prickly, thorny, spiky

   Synonyms: dreiniog, gwrychog, ysbigog

2. pointed, sharp

   Synonyms: pigfain, blaenllym, miniog, ysgithrog

   1. (figurative) sharp, strict

      Synonyms: llym, dreiniog

   2. (figurative) quarrelsome, contentious

      Synonyms: cecrus, crafog, cynhennus

   3. (figurative) caustic, sharp-tongued, sarcastic

      Synonyms: llym ei dafod, coeglyd, gwawdlyd

   4. (figurative) irritable, touchy

      Synonyms: croendenau, (North Wales) blin

3. beaked, having a beak
4. pronged, having prongs
5. barbed, stinging

   Synonym: colynnog

Derived terms

• banadl pigog (“butcher's broom; thorny broom”)
• bili bigog (“rock goby”)
• danadl bigog (“stinging nettles”)
• gwifr bigog, weiar pigog (“barbed wire”)
• morcath bigog (“thornback ray”)
• moron pigog (“prickly parsnips”)
• pabi crynben pigog (“round rough-headed poppy”)
• rhwyddlwyn pigog (“spiked speedwell”)
• sêr pigog (“spiny starfish; jellyfish”)

Noun

pigog m (uncountable)

1. wild asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

   Synonym: merllys

Mutation

Mutated forms of pigog

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pigog	bigog	mhigog	phigog

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