gôl gosb

Welsh

Noun

gôl gosb f (plural goliau gosb)

1. (rugby, soccer) penalty goal

Usage notes

• Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial, feminine singular nouns derived from English, gôl does not undergo soft mutation following the article (y). Conversely, gôl does undergo nasal mutation to ngôl as usual.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gôl gosb

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gôl gosb	unchanged△	ngôl gosb	unchanged

^△Irregular.

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

References

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