wyneb

Welsh

wyneb

Etymology

From the Proto-Brythonic *ėnib, from Proto-Celtic *enīkʷos (“face”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁enih₃kʷos (“face”), from *h₃ókʷs (“eye”). Cognate with the Breton eneb (“face”), Cornish enep (“face”), and Old Irish enech (“face”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈwɨ̯nɛb/
  • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈwɨ̯nab/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈʊi̯nɛb/, /ˈwɪnɛb/

• South Wales

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Noun

wyneb m (plural wynebau)

1. face (part of head)
2. face, surface
3. front

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.