hocys

Welsh
Hocys cyffredin

Etymology

From Middle English hockes (“mallows”), from Old English hoc (“marsh mallow”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

hocys f (collective, singulative hocysen, not mutable)

  1. mallow (Malvaceae)[1][2]
    Synonym: malws
  2. common mallow (Malva sylvestris)[3]
    Synonym: hocys cyffredin

Derived terms
  • brychan yr hocys (“mallow, a species of moth”)
  • coeg-hocys (“checkerblooms, Sidalcea”)
  • corhocys, hocys bychan, hocys crynddail, hocys dinodys (“dwarf mallow”)
  • gwibiwr yr hocys (“mallow skipper, a species of butterfly”)
  • gwyfyn hadau hocys (“hollyhock seed moth”)
  • gwyfyn hocys (“marsh-mallow moth”)
  • hocys bach (“least mallow”)
  • hocys bendigaid (“hollyhock”)
  • hocys cyffredin (“common mallow”)
  • hocys dragiog (“vervain mallow”)
  • hocys droellog (“Chinese mallow”)
  • hocys Ffrainc (“French mallow”)
  • hocys mân-blodeuog, hocys blodau bychan (“small mallow”)
  • hocys mwsg, hocys mws, hocys gwyllt, hocys simwnt (“musk-mallow”)
  • hocys pigog (“prickly mallow”)
  • hocys Queensland (“Queensland hemp”)
  • hocys Seland Newydd (“New Zealand mallow”)
  • hocys y morfa, hocys y dŵr, hocys y gors, môr-hocys, dail yr hocys (“marsh-mallow”)
  • hocys-mwsg mawr (“greater musk-mallow”)
  • hocys-y-morfa blewog (“rough marsh-mallow”)
  • hocyswydd (“tree mallow”)
  • pig-y-crëyr dail hocys (“soft stork's-bill”)
  • rhwd hocys (“mallow rust”)

Other hyponyms
  • cetmia chwysigennog (“bladder ketmia”)
  • dail melfed (“velvetleaf”)

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hocys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎ (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, pages 20-21‎
  3. Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎ (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 20‎
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