cegin

See also: Cegin

Welsh

Cegin orllewinol nodweddiadol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɡɪn/, (South Wales also) /ˈkeːɡɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh kegyn, from Proto-Brythonic *kėgin (whence also Breton and Cornish kegin), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna.

Noun

cegin f (plural ceginau or ceginoedd)

1. kitchen, cookroom

   “Mae'r bwyd yn barod ar fwrdd y gegin!” gwaeddod Mam. ― “The food is ready on the kitchen table!” shouted Mam.

Derived terms

• cegin orau (“parlour, sitting room”)
• ceginaidd (“relating to the kitchen; ordinary”)
• cegindy (“cookshop”)
• ceginfa (“ ship's galley”)
• ceginiaeth (“cookery, cuisine”)
• ceginio (“to cook”)
• ceginol (“culinary”)
• ceginwaith (“kitchenwork”)
• ceginwas, gwas cegin (“scullion, kitchen servant”)
• ceginwr (“cook”)
• gardd gegin (“kitchen garden”)

 

Etymology 2

Cognate with Breton kegin (“jay”).

Alternative forms

• cegid.

Noun

cegin f (plural cegined)

1. (rare) woodpecker (Picidae), notably:
   1. green woodpecker (Picus viridis)

      Synonym: cnocell y coed

   2. great spotted woodpecker, witwall (Dendrocopos major)

      Synonyms: cnocell fraith fwyaf, pioden y coed

2. (rare) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

   Synonym: sgrech y coed

Etymology 3

Noun

cegin m

1. ridge of a hill

   Synonyms: cefn, trum

Derived terms

• cegindderw (“stunted oak trees; Jerusalem oak goosefoot; germander”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cegin	gegin	nghegin	chegin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.