coch
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Etymology
Middle English; of imitative origin. See also German keuchen, Dutch kuchen.
Pronunciation
Noun
coch
Verb
coch (third-person singular simple present cochs, present participle cochin, simple past cocht, past participle cocht)
- to cough
Etymology
From 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
Adjective
coch (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
- The plural can also be used as a noun.
Derived terms
- 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
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
| gwyn | 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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