suran y coed

Welsh

Etymology

From suran (“sorrel”) +‎ y (“the”) +‎ coed (“woods”), "wood sorrel".

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌsɨ̞ran ə ˈkoːɨ̯d/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌsiːran ə kɔi̯d/, /ˌsɪran ə kɔi̯d/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌsiːran ə koːd/

Noun

suran y coed f (collective, singulative suranen y coed, not mutable)

  1. wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)
    Synonyms: aleliwia, bara a chaws y gwcw, bara can y gwcw, bara caws y gwcw, bara'r gog, blodau'r drindod, bwyd y gwcw, caul, clychau'r tylwyth teg, grinsiws, suran deirdalen, suran y gog, swyn y Drindod, triagl tair dalen

Further reading

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