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”)
• bys pysgod (“fish finger”)
• cathbysgod (“catfish”)
• Dinbych-y-pysgod (“Tenby”)
• mintys y pysgod (“water mint”)
• pysgod cleddyf (“swordfish”)
• pysgod dŵr croyw (“freshwater fishes”)
• pysgod môr (“sea fishes”)
• pysgodfa (“fishery”)
• pysgodle (“fishery”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pysgod

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pysgod	bysgod	mhysgod	physgod

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pysgod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies