trigeiniau

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Welsh

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Etymology

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trigain (three score”, “sixty) +‎ -iau

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trigeiniau pl

  1. (plural only) sixties (decade)
    • 1972, Evan David Jones, “Cymru: oes Victoria ac Edward VII o hen ffotograffau”, in Victorian and Edwardian Wales from old photographs[1], Batsford, →ISBN, page 11:
      Wedi i henaint oddiwes John Thomas, ac yntau’n awyddus i beidio â chwalu ei gasgliad, gwerthodd yr Oriel i Syr Owen Edwards, gan sicrhau cyfanrwydd casgliad gwych o fwy na thair mil о negatifau gwydr yn dyddio o’r trigeiniau i’r naw degau.
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trigeiniau drigeiniau nhrigeiniau thrigeiniau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.