eirin

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eirin, from Proto-Brythonic *ėɣrin, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyā, plural of *agrinyom (compare Cornish yryn, Breton irin, Irish airne (“sloe”)), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”) (compare Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Old Church Slavonic агода (agoda, “berry”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈei̯rɪn/
Homophone: Euryn (South Wales)

Noun

eirin f (collective, singulative eirinen)

plums, damsons; sloes, bullace; berries
stones, glands (of the scrotum), testicles

Derived terms

coed eirin (“plum trees”)
eirin duon bach (“sloes”)
eirin duon tag (“sloes”)
eirin duon (“damsons”)
eirin Gwion (“briony berries”)
eirin gwlanog (“peaches”)
eirin gwyllt (“wild plums”)
eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
eirin moch (“hawthorn berries, haws”)
eirin surion bach (“sloes”)
eirin surion (“sloes”)
eirin sych (“prunes”)
eirin tagu (“sloes”)
eirin y coed (“wild plums”)
eirin y gors (“crowberries”)
eirin y moch (“hawthorn berries”)
eirin y perthi (“sloes”)
eirin ysgaw (“elderberries”)
eirina (“to collect sloes or bullace”)
gweiniog afalau ac eirin (“apple and plum case-bearer”)
gwyfyn eirin (“plum fruit moth”)
rhwd coeden eirin (“plum rust”)
tortrics eirin (“plum tortrix”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *eirin*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eirin	unchanged	unchanged	heirin

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), “eirin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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