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. cock, cockerel, rooster
  2. the male of any bird species
  3. (figurative) plucky person
  4. (figurative) weathercock
  5. cock (of gun)
  6. clevis, plough-cock
  7. snack taken by quarrymen way to work

Derived terms
  • ceiliog y gwair, ceiliog rhedyn (“grasshopper”)
  • ceiliog y gwynt (“weathercock”)
  • ceiliog ymladd (“fighting cock”)
  • gêm geiliog (“cockfight”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
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–present), “ceiliog, ceilog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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