picoch

Welsh

Etymology

pig (“beak, bill”) +‎ coch (“red”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkɔχ/

Adjective

picoch (feminine singular picoch, plural picochion, not comparable)

red-beaked, red-billed
Synonym: gylfingoch

Derived terms

brân bicoch (“red-billed chough”)
brych picoch (“red-billed thrush”)
cornbig bach picoch (“red-billed dwarf hornbill”)
drudwen bicoch (“silky starling”)

Related terms

pigddu (“black-beaked”)
pigfelyn (“yellow-beaked”)
piglas (“blue-beaked”)
piglwyd (“grey-beaked”)
pigwyn (“white-beaked”)
pigwyrdd (“green-beaked”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *picoch*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
picoch	bicoch	mhicoch	phicoch

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

Further reading

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