cragen

Welsh

Alternative forms

crogen

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to cregen (“clay vessel”). The variant form crogen may show influence from English crock.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkraɡɛn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkra(ː)ɡɛn/
Rhymes: -aɡɛn

Noun

cragen f (plural cregyn, diminutive cregynnos)

shell (turtles, mollusks)
hull (of ship)
crogen goch: fish gill
Synonym: tagell

Derived terms

cragen Bedr (“nautilus”)
cragen dilyw (“horsemussel”)
cragen ddu (“mussel”)
cragen gar (“osselet”)
cragen gocas (“cockle”)
cragen gowri (“cowrie”)
cragen grach (“barnacle”)
cragen gwichiad (“periwinkle”)
cragen las (“mussel, gizzard”)
cragen llygaid meheryn (“limpet”)
cragen malwen (“snail shell”)
cragen march (“osselet”)
cragen moch (“whelk shell”)
cragen neges (“type of mussel”)
cragen oestr (“oystershell”)
cragen wen (“cockle”)
cragen wystrysen (“oystershell”)
cragenbysg (“shellfish”)
cragenfaen (“pearl”)
cragennaidd (“testaceous”)
cragennog (“shelly, testaceous; crustaceous”)
cragennu (“to form a shell”)
cregyn heddwch (“cash, ready money”)
cregynfa (“shell collection”)
cregyniaeth (“conchology”)
cregynllyd (“fragile, broken”)
cregynna (“to gather shells”)
cregynnach (“little shell”)
cregynnaidd (“testaceous”)
cregynneg (“conchology”)
cregynnem (“mother of pearl”)
cregynnog (“shelly, testaceous; crustaceous”)
cregynnol (“shell-forming”)
cregynnos (“little shell”)
cregynnwr (“ conchologist”)
mynd i'w gragen (“to become shy”)
suddo i'w gragen (“to become shy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cragen*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cragen	gragen	nghragen	chragen

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

References

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

cragen

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

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