seren [se-ren] feminine noun
PLURAL sêr [seer]
1 star = distant sun
seren ddwbl binary star (dwbl = double)
seren gorachaidd dwarf star (corach = (noun) dwarf, corachaidd (adjective) = dwarf)
seren sefydlog fixed star
seren gwympo South-east Wales shooting star, falling star (cwympo = falling, to fall)
2 star = celestial object (star or especially planet) regarded as influencing a person's fortunes
mae ei seren ar gynnydd her star is in the ascendant, she is favoured by her star sign, she’s on the up and up, she is becoming more prosperous, influential, etc
3 star = famous performer (actor, singer)
4 star = brilliant person
5 star = object in the form of a star; often a conventionalised star, with five or more points
6 star = an asterisk used to indicate quality, often on a scale of one to five
marciau sêr star rating
un seren one star
dwy seren two star
tair seren three star
pedair seren four star
pum seren five star
gwesty tair seren three-star hotel
7 star = a star-shaped object used as an award
8 star = a small badge used to indicate rank
9 star = one of the fifty symbols on the United States flag each representing a state
baner y Sêr a'r Barrau the Stars and Stripes (= name for the flag of the United States)
10 star = white patch on the forehead of a horse, cow, dog, etc
ci coch â seren wen dros ei lygaid a red dog with a white patch above its eyes
11 Seren, also in the north-west and south-east Seran, name for a cow (probably because it has a star on its forehead)
12 names of some plants, fungi, fish, etc
seren Féthlehem (plant) star of Bethlehem, member of the lily family with flowers in the shape of stars (Ornithogalum)
seren y ddaear (fungus) earth star
seren frau (fish) brittle fish
seren y tywod (fish) sand star
seren fôr (fish) starfish
ETYMOLOGY: (sêr = stars) + (-en, singulative suffix); sêr < stêr < British < Celtic
From the same British root:
Cornish sterenn (= star),
Breton sterenn (= star)
From the same Indo-European root:
Latin stella (= star) < sterula,
Greek astro (= star),
English star (= star) < Middle English sterre (= star),
German Stern (= star)
NOTE: coloquial form: sêrs (with the English plural suffix -s) ; in the north-western and north-eastern corners of the country a > e, and so the pronunciation in these zones is seran
Seren Dafydd [se-ren da -vidh]
1 the Star of David = six-pointed star, symbol of Judaism
ETYMOLOGY: (seren = star) + (Dafydd = David)
Seren Hafren [sê-ren ha-vren]
1 ("(the) star (of) (the river) Severn")
Seren Hafren - Papur Bro Dyffryn Hafren - Drenewydd, Caer-sws, Carno, Aberhafesp, Bwlch-y-ffridd, Llanidloes, Pen-y-ffordd-las, Trefeglwys, Llawr-y-glyn
Seren Hafren - the Welsh-language community newspaper of the valley of the river Hafren ("Severn") - Y Drenewydd (English name: "Newtown"), Caer-sws, Carno, Aberhafesp, Bwlch-y-ffridd, Llanidloes, Pen-y-ffordd-las (English name: "Staylittle"), Trefeglwys, Llawr-y-glyn
seren wib
[se ren WIIB] (feminine noun)
shooting star
Seren y Bore [sê-ren ø bô-re] feminine noun
1 the morning star = the planet Venus
ETYMOLOGY: ("star (of) the morning") (seren = star) + (y = the) + (bore = morning)
NOTE: Also Y Seren Fore [ø sê-ren vô-re]
serfrith [ ser-vrith ] adjective
1 star-studded, starry = set with stars
ETYMOLOGY: (ser = stars) + soft mutaiton + (brith = speckled, dotted, teeming)
