grawn
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrau̯n/
- Rhymes: -au̯n
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *grọn, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Compare Breton greun, Irish grán, Latin grānum.
Noun
grawn m (collective, singulative gronyn)
- grain, corn, cereal
- Synonym: ŷd
- (zoology) roe, spawn (fish or amphibian eggs)
- Synonyms: gronell, lleithion
- (obsolete) berries, grapes, fruit
Usage notes
This refers to the British English meaning of "corn". For the American English "corn" (Zea mays), the Welsh terms are either indrawn or india-corn.
Derived terms
- grawn Corinth, grawn y Corinthiaid (“currants”)
- grawn llyffaint (“frogspawn”)
- grawn pysgod (“fish roe”)
- grawn unnos (“mushrooms”, literally “one night's fruit”)
- grawn y march (“nightshade”)
- grawnafal (“pomegranate”)
- gronell (“fish spawn, roe”)
- gronyn (“a single grain or pip”)
- indrawn (“maize”)
- (purism) poethrawn (“pepper”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| grawn | rawn | ngrawn | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology 2
Noun
grawn
- soft mutation of crawn (“store”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| crawn | grawn | nghrawn | chrawn |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “grawn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “grawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gronyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies