mantais

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English vantage, backformed with /m/ because /v/ is its soft mutation (see similar examples: melfaréd (“velveret”), melfed (“velvet”), mursen (“coquette; damselfly”), menter (“venture”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmantai̯s/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmantɛs/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmantai̯s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmantɛs/

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• Rhymes: -antai̯s

Noun

mantais f (plural manteision or manteisiau)

1. advantage

   Synonym: achlysur

   Antonym: anfantais

Derived terms

• manteisio (“to take advantage”)
• manteisiol (“advantageous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mantais

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mantais	fantais	unchanged	unchanged

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), “mantais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies