trigeiniau
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]trigain (“three score”, “sixty”) + -iau
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njaɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njɛ/, /trɪˈɡei̯nja/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njɛ/
Noun
[edit]trigeiniau pl
- (plural only) sixties (decade)
- 1972, Evan David Jones, “Cymru: oes Victoria ac Edward VII o hen ffotograffau”, in Victorian and Edwardian Wales from old photographs[1], Batsford, →ISBN, page 11:
- Wedi i henaint oddiwes John Thomas, ac yntau’n awyddus i beidio â chwalu ei gasgliad, gwerthodd yr Oriel i Syr Owen Edwards, gan sicrhau cyfanrwydd casgliad gwych o fwy na thair mil о negatifau gwydr yn dyddio o’r trigeiniau i’r naw degau.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
trigeiniau | drigeiniau | nhrigeiniau | thrigeiniau |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |