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enw
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See also: enw.
Translingual
Etymology
Symbol
enw
See also
Middle Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Welsh anu, from Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
enw
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh enw, from Old Welsh anu, from Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Cognate with Cornish hanow and Breton anv.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛnu/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈeːnu/, /ˈɛnu/
- Rhymes: -ɛnu
Noun
enw m (plural enwau)
Hyponyms
- enw cadarn
- enw gwan
- enw haniaethol (“abstract noun”)
- enw lluosog (“plural noun”)
- enw unigol (“singular noun”)
Derived terms
- berfenw (“verbal noun”)
- cyfenw (“surname”)
- dienw (“nameless”)
- enw lle (“placemane”)
- enw torfol (“collective noun”)
- enwad (“denomination”)
- enwebu (“to nominate”)
- enwi (“to name”)
- enwog (“famous”)
- enwol (“nominal”)
- ffugenw (“pseudonym”)
- llysenw (“nickname”)
- mewn enw (“in name”)
- neno (“in the name of…”)
- rhagenw (“pronoun”)
- trawsenw (“metonym”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “enw”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “enw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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