angau
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh angheu, from Proto-Brythonic *ankow, from Proto-Celtic *ankus.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈaŋaɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈaŋɛ/, /ˈaŋa/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈaŋai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈaŋɛ/
Noun edit
angau m (plural angheuoedd)
- (literary) death
- Synonyms: marwolaeth, tranc
Derived terms edit
- Angau (“Ankou”, personification of death)
- angel angau (“angel of death”)
- angheuol (“fatal, lethal”)
- gwely angau (“death bed”)
- sbot angau (“liver spot”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| angau | unchanged | unchanged | hangau |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||