brongoch
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bron (“breast”) + coch (“red”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brongoch (feminine singular brongoch, plural brongochion, equative brongoched, comparative brongochach, superlative brongochaf)
Noun
[edit]brongoch m or f (plural brongochiaid)
- robin, redbreast (Erithacus rubecula)
- Synonyms: robin goch, robin, bronrhuddyn, cochgam, rhuddog
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brongoch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies