llyg
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬɨːɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬiːɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɨːɡ
- Homophone: llug (“radiance, splendour”)
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh llyg, from Proto-Brythonic *llug, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts. Doublet of llygod (“mice”).[1]
Noun
llyg m or f (plural llygon)[1]
Derived terms
- llyg cyffredin (“common shrew”)
- llyg y dŵr (“water shrew”)
- y llyg lleiaf (“pygmy shrew”)
Etymology 2
Probably related to Etymology 1. The word llyg originally meant “mouse” or “small rodent." In later Welsh, the derived form llygoden replaced llyg as the ordinary word for “mouse.” The older form llyg survived only in restricted senses, including “shrew” and llyg caws (“cheese mite”), reflecting a semantic narrowing from “small rodent” to “tiny pest.”
Noun
llyg m (plural llyg)[1]
- cheese mite
- Synonym: llyg caws
Etymology
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “llyg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1994), Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn: pysgod, amffibiaid, ymlusgiaid, adar a mamaliaid [Vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 1)[1] (in Welsh), Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 42
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| llyg | lyg | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.