nhain

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n̥ai̯n/

Noun

nhain

(North Wales, colloquial) Aspirate mutation of nain.

Usage notes

In standard Welsh, n is not affected by the aspirate mutation. However, some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of nain to nhain. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also mam to mham for a similar example.

Mutation

Mutated forms of *nain*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
nain	unchanged	unchanged	nhain^△

^△Irregular.

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