eisteddfodau
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌaɪstɛðˈvɒdaɪ/, enPR: ī'stĕth-vŏdʹī
- (chiefly Wales) IPA(key): /ˌeɪstɛðˈvɒdaɪ/, enPR: ā'stĕth-vŏdʹī
- Hyphenation: ei‧stedd‧fod‧au
Noun
[edit]eisteddfodau pl
- plural of eisteddfod
- Synonym: eisteddfods
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:eisteddfodau.
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From eisteddfod + -au.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌei̯sdɛðˈvɔdaɨ̯/, [ˌei̯stɛðˈvɔdaɨ̯]
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /sdɛðˈvɔdɛ/, [stɛðˈvɔdɛ], /sdɛðˈvɔda/, [stɛðˈvɔda]
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌei̯sdɛðˈvoːdai̯/, [ˌei̯stɛðˈvoːdai̯], /ˌei̯sdɛðˈvɔdai̯/, [ˌei̯stɛðˈvɔdai̯]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /sdɛðˈvoːdɛ/, [stɛðˈvoːdɛ], /sdɛðˈvɔdɛ/, [stɛðˈvɔdɛ]
Noun
[edit]eisteddfodau f pl
- plural of eisteddfod
- 1822, Morgan Williams, Collectaneous Epitaphs: Chiefly Designed to Assist Surviving Relations in Fixing Upon Suitable…, page 71:
- Yr oedd llafur Owain Myfyr, Gwilym Owain, ac yntau, yn dechreu dwyn ffrwyth yn niwedd ei oes ef; ac nid oes nemawr o achos ammheuaeth, mai i’w llafur hwy yr ydym yn ddyledus am adfywiad yr Eisteddfodau yn yr hanner canrif diweddaf.
- The labours of Owain Myfyr, Gwilym Owain, and he, were beginning to bear fruit at the end of his life; and there is no cause to doubt, that it is to their work that we are indebted for the revival of the Eisteddfodau in the last half century.
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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eisteddfodau | unchanged | unchanged | heisteddfodau |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.