cragen

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

cragen f (plural cregyn, diminutive cregynnos)

  1. shell (turtles, mollusks)
    Synonyms: (North Wales) plisgyn, (South Wales) masgl
  2. hull (of ship)
  3. 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”)

See also

  • cogwrn (“lump, knob, shell”)

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
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