newyn
Appearance
Middle Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death, to die”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]newyn m
References
[edit]- Simon Evans (1964) A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh newyn, from Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɪn/
Noun
[edit]newyn m (plural newynau, not mutable)
Derived terms
[edit]- newynog, newynllyd (“hungry”)
- streic newyn (“hunger strike”)
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “newyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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