adain
Welsh
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *ɸatanī (compare Old Irish ette (“feather”)), from *ɸetnos (“bird”). More at adar, edn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈadai̯n/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈadɛn/, /ˈadan/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)dai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)dɛn/
- Rhymes: -adai̯n
Noun
[edit]adain f (plural adenydd or adanedd or adeinydd or adeinedd or adeiniau or edenydd or edyn)
- wing
- fin
- Synonym: pysgadain
- appendage
- Synonym: braich
- ploughshare
- (mechanics) spoke of a wheel
- (sports, politics) wing, faction
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- adeiniog (“winged”)
- coch dan adain (“redwing, Turdus iliacus”)
- dan adain (“under the protection or patronage of”)
- pysgadain (“fin of a fish”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| adain | unchanged | unchanged | hadain |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “adain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/adai̯n
- Rhymes:Welsh/adai̯n/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Mechanics
- cy:Sports
- cy:Politics