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pigog

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Welsh

Etymology

From pig (“prick, thorn”) +‎ -og.

Adjective

pigog (feminine singular pigog, plural pigog, equative mor bigog, comparative mwy pigog, superlative mwyaf pigog)

  1. prickly, thorny, spiky
    Synonyms: dreiniog, gwrychog, sbigog
  2. pointed, sharp
    Synonyms: pigfain, blaenllym, miniog, ysgythrog
    1. (figurative) sharp, strict
      Synonyms: llym, dreiniog
    2. (figurative) quarrelsome, contentious
      Synonyms: cecrus, crafog, cynhennus
    3. (figurative) caustic, sharp-tongued, sarcastic
      Synonyms: llym ei dafod, coeglyd, gwawdlyd
    4. (figurative) irritable, touchy
      Synonyms: croendenau, (North Wales) blin
  3. beaked, having a beak
  4. pronged, having prongs
  5. barbed, stinging
    Synonym: colynnog

Derived terms

  • banadl pigog (“butcher's broom; thorny broom”)
  • bili bigog (“rock goby”)
  • danadl bigog (“stinging nettles”)
  • gwifr bigog, weiar pigog (“barbed wire”)
  • morcath bigog (“ thornback ray”)
  • moron pigog (“prickly parsnips”)
  • pabi crynben pigog (“round rough-headed poppy”)
  • rhwyddlwyn pigog (“spiked speedwell”)
  • sêr pigog (“spiny starfish; jellyfish”)

Noun

pigog m (uncountable)

  1. wild asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
    Synonym: merllys

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...
Mutated forms of pigog
radical soft nasal aspirate
pigog bigog mhigog phigog
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

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