hesb

hesb f (not mutable)

1. feminine singular of hysb

hesb (feminine singular hesb, plural hysbion, equative hesbed, comparative hesbach, superlative hesbaf, not mutable)

1. dry, dried up, exhausted (of water sources such as wells and springs)
2. dry, not yielding milk (of cattle, sheep)
3. barren, sterile

There is a tendency to use the feminine form hesb with masculine nouns because it is more common.

• hesbin (“teg, young ewe”)

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