cragen

Welsh

Alternative forms

• crogen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkraɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkra(ː)ɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -aɡɛn

Noun

cragen f (plural cregyn or cragennau, diminutive cregynnach or cregynnos)

1. shell

   Synonym: cogwrn

   1. framework

      Synonym: fframwaith

   2. hull, husk

      Synonyms: gwisg, cibyn, plisg

   3. wrapper
2. fragment, potsherd

   Synonyms: dryll, creg

3. fish gill, jaw

   Synonyms: tagell, gên

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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cragen	gragen	nghragen	chragen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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