porpin

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • pwrpin, porpiwn

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh porpin, from Old French porpié.

Pronunciation

Noun

porpin m

  1. purslane (Portulaca spp.)
    Synonyms: pwrslan, gwlyddyn
    1. common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
      Synonyms: troed y cyw, troed y gywen
  2. water-purslane (Lythrum portula)
    Synonym: troed y gywen

Derived terms

  • porpin manddail (“small-leaved blinks”)
  • porpin pinc (“pink purslane”)
  • porpin y ffynnon (“blinks”)
  • porpin y gwanwyn (“springbeauty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of porpin
radical soft nasal aspirate
porpin borpin mhorpin phorpin

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

Further reading

  • 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, page 15‎[2]
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “porpin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies}}
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