hocys
Welsh
Hocysen
Etymology
From Middle English hockes (“mallows”), from Old English hoc (“marsh mallow”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔkɨ̞s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔkɪs/
Noun
hocys f pl (singulative hocysen, not mutable)
- mallows, Malvaceae
Derived terms
- brychan yr hocys (“mallow, Larentia clavaria”)
- corhocys (“dwarf mallow, Malva neglecta”)
- dail yr hocys (“marsh-mallow, Althaea officinalis”)
- gwibiwr yr hocys (“mallow skipper, Carcharodus alceae”)
- gwyfyn hadau hocys (“hollyhock seed moth, Pexicopia malvella”)
- gwyfyn hocys (“marsh-mallow moth, Hydraecia osseola”)
- hocys blodau bychan (“small mallow, Malva pusilla”)
- hocys bychan (“dwarf mallow, Malva neglecta”)
- hocys crynddail (“dwarf mallow, Malva neglecta”)
- hocys cyffredin (“common mallow, Malva sylvestris”)
- hocys dinodys (“dwarf mallow, Malva neglecta”)
- hocys gwyllt (“musk mallow, Malva moschata”)
- hocys mân-blodeuog (“small mallow, Malva pusilla”)
- hocys mwsg (“musk mallow, Malva moschata”)
- hocys-mws (“musk mallow, Malva moschata”)
- hocys simwnt (“musk mallow, Malva moschata”)
- hocys y dŵr (“marsh-mallow, Althaea officinalis”)
- hocys y gors (“marsh-mallow, Althaea officinalis”)
- hocys y morfa (“marsh-mallow, Althaea officinalis”)
- môr-hocys y glyf (“marsh-mallow, Althaea officinalis”)
- pig-y-crëyr dail hocys (“soft stork's-bill, Erodium malachoides”)
- rhwd hocys (“mallow rust, Puccinia malvacea”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hocys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies