coeg

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh coeg, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨg, from Proto-Celtic *kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /koːɨ̯ɡ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔi̯ɡ/

Adjective

coeg (feminine singular coeg, plural coegion, equative coeced, comparative coecach, superlative coecaf)

1. one-eyed, blind

   Synonyms: coegog, unllygeidiog

2. empty, vain

   Synonyms: ofer, seithug

Derived terms

• coegberllys (“fool's parsley”)
• coegfa, coegfalchder, coegni (“vanity”)
• coeg-hocys (“checkerblooms, prairie mallows”)
• coegog (“one-eyed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coeg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coeg	goeg	nghoeg	choeg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.