ym-
Manx
editPrefix
editym-
Derived terms
editWelsh
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Cognate with Cornish om-, Latin amb- (“around, about”), ambi- (“both”), English um-, umb- (“around, about”), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “around, about”).[1]
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editym-
- self, reflexive prefix
- each other, mutual, reciprocal prefix
Usage notes
editIn many words, the original reflexive or reciprocal force of this prefix has now been lost and the relationship between the root and derived words is not always apparent, e.g. ymosod (“to attack”) from gosod (“to put, to place”), ymollwng (“to succumb, to flop”) from gollwng (“to leak, to drop”).
Derived terms
editMutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ym- | unchanged | unchanged | hym- |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 4
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ym-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies