pysgod

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pysgawd, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨskọd, borrowed from Latin piscātus, past participle of piscor (“to fish”), from piscis (“fish”). Originally a plural counterpart to pysg, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨsk (compare Cornish pysk, Breton pesk), which has however been displaced by the derived singulative pysgodyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpəsɡɔd/, [ˈpʰəskɔd]
• Rhymes: -əsɡɔd

Noun

pysgod m (collective, singulative pysgodyn)

1. fishes (plural)
2. fish (as food)

Derived terms

• bybysgod (“crucian carps”)
• cathbysgod (“catfish”)
• psygodle (“fishery”)
• pysgod cleddyf (“swordfish”)
• pysgod dŵr croyw (“freshwater fishes”)
• pysgod môr (“sea fishes”)
• pysgodfa (“fishery”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pysgod	bysgod	mhysgod	physgod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.