dimai
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh dimei, from Latin dimidium (“half”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈdɪmai̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɪmɛ/, /ˈdɪma/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈdɪmai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɪmɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɪmai̯
Noun edit
dimai f (plural dimeiau or dimeiod)
See also edit
- ffyrling (“farthing”)
- ceiniog (“penny”)
- dwygeiniog (“twopence, tuppence”)
- chwecheiniog (“sixpence”)
- swllt (“shilling”)
- hanner coron (“half-crown”)
- coron (“crown”)
- sofren (“sovereign”)
- gini (“guinea”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dimai | ddimai | nimai | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||