hopys

From Middle English hoppes, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔpɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔpɪs/

hopys f pl (singulative hopysen, not mutable)

1. hops, Humulus lupulus

   Synonyms: llewyg y blaidd, pensag

• clofer hopys (“hop trefoil, Trifolium campestre”)
• hopysaidd (“hoplike”)
• hopysu (“to hop, to impregnate with hops”)
• hopyswr (“hop-picker”)
• llwydni hopys (“cucurbit downy mildew, Pseudoperonospora cubensis”)
• meillion hopys (“hop trefoil, Trifolium campestre”)
• trwynog hopys (“buttoned snout, Hypena rostralis”)

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