gêm

See also: gem, gém, Gem, and GEM

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːm/
• Rhymes: -eːm

Noun

gêm f (plural gemau)

1. game, contest

   Gêm ddwl yw criced.

   Cricket is a silly game.

2. (sports) match, fixture
3. game (hunted animals and birds)

Usage notes

• 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

• gêm geiliog f (“cockfight”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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

• 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