morgrug

Welsh

Etymology

With an original meaning “anthill, ant colony”, from *mor (combining form of mŷr (“ant”)) + crug (“hill”).

Pronunciation

Noun

morgrug (plural, singular morgrugyn m)

  1. ants

Derived terms

  • adar morgrug (“antbirds”)
  • dryw morgrug (“antwren”)
  • morgrugydd (“antshrike”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of morgrug
radical soft nasal aspirate
morgrug forgrug unchanged unchanged

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

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “ant”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “morgrug”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “morgrug”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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