adain

Welsh

Alarch dof yn lledu ei adenydd

Alternative forms

• aden

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸatanī (compare Old Irish ette (“feather”)), from *ɸetnos (“bird”). More at adar, edn.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈadai̯n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈadɛn/, /ˈadan/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)dai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)dɛn/
• Rhymes: -adai̯n

Noun

adain f (plural adenydd or adanedd or adeinydd or adeinedd or adeiniau or edenydd or edyn)

1. wing
2. fin

   Synonym: pysgadain

3. appendage

   Synonym: braich

   1. ploughshare
   2. (mechanics) spoke of a wheel

      Synonyms: sbôc, ffon

4. (sports, politics) wing, faction

Synonyms

• asgell

Derived terms

• adeiniog (“winged”)
• coch dan adain (“redwing, Turdus iliacus”)
• dan adain (“under the protection or patronage of”)
• pysgadain (“fin of a fish”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of adain

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
adain	unchanged	unchanged	hadain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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