coch
Scots
editEtymology
editMiddle English; of imitative origin. See also German keuchen, Dutch kuchen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoch
Verb
editcoch (third-person singular simple present cochs, present participle cochin, simple past cocht, past participle cocht)
- to cough
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh coch, from Proto-Brythonic *kox, borrowed from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “berry”). Cognate with Cornish kogh (“scarlet”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcoch (feminine singular coch, plural cochion, equative coched, comparative cochach, superlative cochaf)
- red
- Synonym: rhudd
- red, ginger (of hair)
- bay (of a horse)
- Synonym: gwinau
- smutty, dirty
- 1973, Robat Gruffudd, Englynion Coch [Dirty Poems]:
Usage notes
edit- The plural can also be used as a noun.
Derived terms
edit- bochgoch (“rosy-cheeked; rosehip; red poppy”)
- brochgoch (“bay roan”)
- brongoch (“robin redbreast”)
- coch coronog (“dappled bay”)
- coch gloyw (“bright bay”)
- cochaidd, cochlyd (“reddish”)
- cochbryf (“cochineal”)
- cochder, cochdra, cochni (“redness”)
- cochddu (“russet, dark bay”)
- cochen (“hare”)
- cochi (“to redden, to blush, to scorch”)
- cochwelw (“light bay”)
- rhuddgoch (“crimson”)
- tingoch (“redstart”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
coch | goch | nghoch | choch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
editgwyn | llwyd | du |
coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |
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