pennog

Welsh
Haig o benwaig

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnɔɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɔɡ

Etymology 1

Alteration of penwag, from pen (“head”) +‎ gwag (“empty”).

Alternative forms

Noun

pennog m (plural penwaig or penwyg or penweigion or penogiaid)

  1. (countable, North Wales) herring, Clupea harengus
    Synonym: ysgadenyn
Derived terms
  • cefn pennog (“herring-bone”)
  • corbennog (“sprat”)
  • gwalch y penwaig (“razorbill”)
  • gwylan penwaig (“herring gull”)
  • pennog coch (“kipper”)
  • pennog Mair (“pilchard”)

Etymology 2

From pen (“head”) +‎ -og.

Alternative forms
  • pendog

Noun

pennog m (plural penogiaid)

  1. chief, head, master
  2. (letter) capital
    Synonyms: mawr, bras
Derived terms
  • pennog tŷ (“master of the house”)

Noun

pennog f (collective, singulative ?)

  1. Variant of pennyg (entrails, tripe)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pennog bennog mhennog phennog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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