ceiliog

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • ceilog

Etymology

From Middle Welsh keilyawc, from Proto-Brythonic *kėljọg, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₁- (“call”).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯ljɔɡ/
  • (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯ljɔɡ/
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯lɔɡ/, /ˈkiːlɔɡ/

Noun

ceiliog m (plural ceiliogod or ceiliogau)

  1. rooster, cockerel
    1. (figuratively) plucky person
    2. weathercock
  2. cock (of gun); clevis of a plough
  3. snack taken by quarrymen on their way to work

Derived terms
  • ceiliog rhedyn m (“grasshopper”)
  • gêm geiliog f (“cockfight”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
ceiliog geiliog ngheiliog cheiliog
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-), “ceiliog, ceilog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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