dan aeliau rhywun

Welsh

Alternative forms

• o dan aeliau rhywun

Etymology

Literally "under someone's eyebrows".

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /dan ˌeɨ̯ljaɨ̯ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɨ̞n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /dan ˌeɨ̯ljɛ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɨ̞n/, /dan ˌeɨ̯lja ˈr̥ɪu̯ɨ̞n/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /dan ˌei̯ljai̯ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɪn/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /dan ˌei̯ljɛ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɪn/, /dan ˌei̯ljɛ ˈrɪu̯ɪn/

Prepositional phrase

dan aeliau rhywun

1. (idiomatic) surreptitious, surreptitiously, without someone's knowledge

Inflection

Personal forms (literary & colloquial)

	Singular	Plural
First person	dan fy aeliau	dan ein haeliau
Second person	dan dy aeliau	dan eich aeliau
Third person	dan ei aeliau m dan ei haeliau f	dan eu haeliau

References

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