cymen

• cumin

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμῑνον (kúmīnon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.men/

cymen m

1. cumin

• Middle English: comyn, cummyng, comyng, comyne, cumyn, cymin
  • English: cumin

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cymen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Possibly from cyn- +‎ pen (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəmɛn/
• Rhymes: -əmɛn

cymen (feminine singular cymen, plural cymen, equative cymhenned, comparative cymhennach, superlative cymhennaf)

1. wise

   Synonyms: doeth, call

2. neat, tidy, proper

   Synonyms: taclus, twt

• cymhennu (“to tidy”)

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