ceiliog

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === ceilog === Etymology === From Middle Welsh keilyawc, from Proto-Brythonic *kėljọg, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₁- (“call”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯ljɔɡ/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯ljɔɡ/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkei̯lɔɡ/, /ˈkiːlɔɡ/ === Noun === ceiliog m (plural ceiliogod or ceiliogau) cock, cockerel, rooster the male of any bird species (figurative) plucky person (figurative) weathercock cock (of gun) clevis, plough-cock snack taken by quarrymen way to work playboy (slang) ==== Derived terms ==== ceiliog y gwair, ceiliog rhedyn (“grasshopper”) ceiliog y gwynt (“weathercock”) ceiliog ymladd (“fighting cock”) gêm geiliog (“cockfight”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ceiliog, ceilog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies