kelyn

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish celin, from Proto-Brythonic *kolɨn, from Proto-Celtic *kolinos. Cognate with Breton kelenn, Irish and Scottish Gaelic cuileann, Manx kullyn, and Welsh celyn.

Noun

kelyn (collective, singulative kelynnen f)

1. holly, holly trees

Derived terms

• glastan kelyn (“holly oak”)
• kelyn byghan (“box holly”)
• kelyn Highclere (“Highclere holly”)
• kelyn mor melyn (“yellow-berried holly”)
• kelyn Mordir Nowydh (“New Zealand holly”)
• kereswydh kelyndhel (“holly-leaved cherry”)
• morgelyn (“sea holly”)
• morgelyn byghan (“field holly”)
• morgelyn kowrek (“giant sea holly”)
• osmanthus del kelyn (“holly olive”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kelyn m pl

1. plural of kolyn (“puppy”)

Mutation

Mutation of kelyn

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kelyn	gelyn	helyn	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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