chwysigen

Inherited from Middle Welsh chuyssigen, an alteration (with the suffix -en) of Proto-Brythonic *guɨsig, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /χwəˈsɪɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /χwəˈsiːɡɛn/, /χwəˈsɪɡɛn/

chwysigen f (plural chwysigod, not mutable)

1. blister

   Synonyms: pothell, swigen

2. bubble

   Synonyms: bwrlwm, swigen

3. (botany) bladder

   Synonym: swigen

4. (anatomy, botany) vesicle

   Synonym: swigen

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