echryshaint

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • echrysaint, echrys-haint

Etymology

echrys (“injury, hurt”) +‎ haint (“plague”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛχˈrəsai̯nt/

Noun

echryshaint m (plural echrysheintiau)

  1. (obsolete) pestilence, plague, (contagious) disease
    Synonyms: mallaint, bad, pla
  2. common meadowrue (Thalictrum flavum)
    Synonyms: arianllys, arianllys cyffredin

Derived terms

  • llysiau'r echryshaint, llysyr echryshaint (“rue”)

Further reading

  • Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎[1], retrieved 13 Sept 2025.
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “echrysaint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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