pig yr aran
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Calque of English cranesbill.
Noun
pig yr aran f (usually uncountable, plural pigau'r aran)
- cranesbill, geranium (Geranium)[1][2]
- especially dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)[3]
- Synonyms: troed y golomen, troetgoch
- or herb Robert, stinking cranesbill (Geranium robertianum)[2]
- Synonyms: y goesgoch, llys y llwynog
- or meadow cranesbill (Geranium pratense)[2]
- Synonym: pig-yr-aran y weirglodd
- especially dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)[3]
Derived terms
- pig-yr-aran Alderney (“Alderney cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran borffor (“purple cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran Cawcasws (“Caucasian cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran chwarennol (“glandular cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran Druce (“Druce's cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran fân-flodeuog (“small-flowered cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran Ffrainc, pig-yr-aran Ffrengig (“French cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran glymog (“knotted cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran grynddail (“round-leaved cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran Himalaiaidd (“Himalayan cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran hirgoes (“long-stalked cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran larpiog (“cut-leaved cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran loywddail (“shining cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran lygatddu (“Armenian cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran resog (“pencilled cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran ruddgoch (“bloody cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran wreiddfawr (“rock cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran y coed (“wood cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran y gwrych (“hedgerow cranesbill”)
- pig-yr-aran y weirglodd (“meadow cranesbill”)
Related terms
- pig y crëyr (“storksbill”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| pig yr aran | big yr aran | mhig yr aran | phig yr aran |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003), Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, pages 45-46[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pig yr aran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003), Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[3] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 46[4]