crawn

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krau̯n/
  • Rhymes: -au̯n

Noun

crawn m (plural crawnau)

  1. store, hoard,
    Synonyms: stôr, cronfa, trysor
  2. accumulation
    Synonyms: croniant, casgliad
  3. pus, matter
    Synonyms: madredd, gôr

Derived terms

  • crawnllyd (“purulent, festering”)
  • crawnu (“to suppurate”)
  • cronni (“to store, to hoard”)
  • cylchgrawn (“magazine, periodical”)
  • llyfrgrawn (“library”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of crawn
radical soft nasal aspirate
crawn grawn nghrawn chrawn

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “crawn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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