wyneb
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *ėnib, from Proto-Celtic *enīkʷom (“face”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enih₃kʷos (“face”), from *h₁én and *h₃ókʷs (“eye”). Cognate with Breton eneb (“face”), Cornish enep (“face”), and Old Irish enech (“face”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈwɨnɛb/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈwɨnab/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈʊi̯nɛb/, /ˈwɪnɛb/
South Wales (file)
Noun edit
wyneb m (plural wynebau)
- face (part of head)
- face, surface
- front
- cheek, effrontery
- A phwy ond efe sydd wedi cael digon o wyneb a haerllugrwydd i daflu llaid arno?
- And who but he has had enough cheek and impudence to sling mud at him?
Derived terms edit
- wyneb ar wyneb (“face to face”)
- wyneb i waered (“upside down”)
- wynepryd
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
wyneb | unchanged | unchanged | hwyneb |
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), “wyneb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*enekʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 115-116