gêm
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gêm f (plural gemau)
- game, contest
- Gêm ddwl yw criced.[1]
- Cricket is a silly game.
- (sports) match, fixture
- game (hunted animals and birds)
Usage notes edit
- Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial words, gêm does not undergo soft mutation. Conversely, gêm always undergoes nasal mutation to ngêm. For a similar examples, see golff, gini and glwten.
Derived terms edit
- gêm geiliog f (“cockfight”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gêm | unchanged△ | ngêm | unchanged |
△Irregular. | |||
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gêm, gâm, giâm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies