neithiwr
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
- neithiwyr (archaic)
Etymology edit
Earlier neithiwyr, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-yēr-, a derivative of *noxs (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare Breton neizheur and Cornish nyhewer.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnei̯θjʊr/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈnei̯θjʊr/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈnei̯θʊr/, /ˈniːθʊr/
- Rhymes: -ei̯θjʊr
Adverb edit
neithiwr
Related terms edit
- echnos (“the night before last”)