plygain

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʌɡaɪn/, /ˈplɪɡaɪn/

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plygain (usually uncountable, plural plygains)

1. A Welsh custom of singing carols at dawn on Christmas morning.

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• plygaint, pylgain, pylgaint

Borrowed from Late Latin pullicantiō (“cockcrow”), referring to the medieval Missa in Gallicantu (Mass at Cockcrow).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpləɡai̯n/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpləɡɛn/
• Rhymes: -əɡai̯n

plygain m or f (plural plygeinau or plygeiniau)

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plygain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies