Borrowed fromEnglishhogg(“young sheep, hogget”) +-yn.
hogyn m (pluralhogiau,not mutable)
- (North Wales)boy,lad
- Synonym:bachgen
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hogyn”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies