ysgadan

Welsh
Haig o ysgadan

Alternative forms
  • sgadan, sgatarn, stenyn, ysgadain, ysgedyn

Etymology

Cognate with Irish scadán, Scottish Gaelic sgadan, Scottish Gaelic skeddan. All could be related to Old English sċeadd (modern English shad), along with Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”), but the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /əsˈɡadan/, [əsˈkadan]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /əsˈɡa(ː)dan/, [əsˈka(ː)dan]
  • Rhymes: -adan

Noun

ysgadan m (collective, singulative ysgadenyn)

  1. (South Wales) herrings, Clupea harengus
    Synonym: penwaig

Derived terms
  • cawl ysgadan (“herring broth; mess”)
  • gwylan ysgadan (“herring-gull, Larus argentatus”)
  • mynd i chwiban ysgadan (“to go to Halifax”)
  • ysgadan agored (“kippers”)
  • ysgadan coch (“red herrings”)
  • ysgadan sych (“bloaterss”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ysgadan unchanged unchanged hysgadan
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), “ysgadan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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