croeniog

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • croenog

Etymology

From croen (“skin”) +‎ -(i)og (“made of, -en”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

croeniog (feminine singular croeniog, plural croeniog, equative croenioced, comparative croeniocach, superlative croeniocaf)

  1. (not comparable) made of skin[1], having a skin
  2. (comparable) thick-skinned
  3. encrusted
  4. cutaneous

Quotations

  • 1830: Y Gwyliedydd, 1829–30: volume VII, page 376 (Bala: Robert Saunderson)
    Eithr y peth hynotaf mewn perthynas iddynt yw eu bod ynglyn â’u gilydd, wedi eu cyssylltu yn naturiol y naill a’r llall wrth fath o linyn cryf o gnawd a gewynau, yn tarddu oddiar gledr dwyfron pob un, yn hollol groeniog, ddifriw, ddiboen iddynt ill dau.
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  • 1870: William Paley, Duwinyddiaeth Naturiol: neu, Yr Amlygiadau o Dduw mewn Natur, page 89 (Lewis Jones)
    Ond, yn gymaint ag mai nid dyma y math o sylwedd anifeilaidd sydd yn gyfaddas i dderbyniad chwarenau neu i ddydoliad, nid ydyw sydd y cylla, yn y tylwyth yma, yn cael ei ddiwallu, fel mewn cylla croeniog, gan y cylla ei hun, ond gan y corn gwddf, lle y mae y chwarenau wedi eu gosod, ac o ba le y defnyna i lawr i’r cylla.
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Derived terms

  • cerrig croeniog

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
croeniog groeniog nghroeniog chroeniog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ Cornish Place-name Elements by Oliver James Padel (1978; English Place-Name Society), page 72
    cronek ‘toad’; cronioc, Voc. 614 glossing rubeta ‘toad’. Welsh croeniog ‘made of skin’; cf. Breton kroc’henek ‘thick-skinned’ (see VKG, 1, 125).
  • “croeniog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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