hirgoes
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɪrɡɔɨ̯s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɪrɡɔi̯s/
Adjective
hirgoes (feminine singular hirgoes, plural hirgoes, equative hirgoesed, comparative hirgoesach, superlative hirgoesaf, not mutable)
Derived terms
- arianllys hirgoes (“Alpine silverwort”)
- bwncath hirgoes (“long-legged buzzard”)
- corhedydd hirgoes (“long-legged pipit”)
- cwtiad hirgoes (“long-legged plover”)
- cwtyn hirgoes, cwtyn hirgoes adeinddu, cwynydd hirgoes (“black-winged stilt”)
- dyfrllys hirgoes (“long-stalked pondweed”)
- llygwyn hirgoes (“long-stalked orache”)
- pibydd hirgoes (“stilt sandpiper”)
- pig-yr-aran hirgoes (“long-stalked cranesbill”)
- rêp hirgoes (“long-stalked rape”)
Noun
hirgoes m (plural hirgoesau, not mutable)
- Recurvirostridae (a taxonomic family of birds composed of stilts and avocets)
- stilt, a bird of genus Himantopus or Cladorhynchus
- especially the black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Synonyms: hirgoes adeinddu, cwtyn hirgoes, cwtyn hirgoes adeinddu, cwynydd hirgoes
- especially the black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Derived terms
- hirgoes adeinddu (“black-winged stilt”)
- hirgoes Awstralia (“Australian stilt”)
- hirgoes crymanbig (“ibis bill”)
- hirgoes cynffonddu (“black-tailed stilt”)
- hirgoes gyddfddu (“black-necked stilt”)
- hirgoes Hawaii (“Hawaiian stilt”)
- hirgoes Seland Newydd (“New Zealand stilt”)
- hirgoes Sri Lanka (“Sri Lankan stilt”)
- hirgoes torchog (“banded stilt”)
- hirgoes y Penrhyn (“South African stilt”)
Related terms
- cambig (“avocet”)
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), “hirgoes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies