grug
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source. Cognate with Welsh grug.
Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡryːɡ]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡriːɡ]
Noun
grug m (plural grugow)
Noun
grug f (singulative grugon)
- (collective) heather
Derived terms
- grug an krestir (“Dorset heath”)
- grug krowsdhel (“cross-leaved heather”)
- grug spernek (“prickly heath”)
- grugros (“rhododendrons”)
- grugyar (“grouse”)
- gruktir (“heathland”)
Mutation
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grug | wrug | unchanged | krug | hwrug | wrug |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡrɨːɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡriːɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɨːɡ
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh gwrug, from Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source.
Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).
Alternative forms
- gwrug (obsolete)
- gwrig (Pembrokeshire)
Noun
grug m or m pl (plural grugoedd, singulative grugyn or grugen)
Derived terms
Compounds
- grug Corsica (“ Corsican heath”)
- grugiar (“grouse”)
- grugle, grugos (“heath, moor”)
- gruglus (“bilberries”)
- gruglwyn (“sweet broom”)
- gruglyd (“heathery”)
- grugnythu (“to nestle in heather”)
- grugwellt (“cocksfoot”)
- iâr rug (“grouse”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| grug | rug | ngrug | 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
grug
- soft mutation of crug (“hillock”)