eirin

See also: Eirin

Welsh

Etymology

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

Noun

eirin f pl (singulative eirinen)

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

Derived terms
  • coed eirin (“plum trees”)
    • eirin duon (“damsons”)
    • eirin duon bach (“sloes”)
    • eirin duon tag (“sloes”)
    • eirin Gwion (“briony berries”)
    • eirin gwlanog (“peaches”)
    • eirin gwyllt (“wild plums”)
    • eirin Mair (“gooseberries”)
    • eirin moch (“hawthorn berries, haws”)
    • eirin surion (“sloes”)
    • eirin surion bach (“sloes”)
    • eirin sych (“prunes”)
    • eirin tagu (“sloes”)
    • eirin y coed (“wild plums”)
    • eirin y gors (“crowberries”)
    • 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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eirin unchanged unchanged heirin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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