trigeiniau

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njɛ/, /trɪˈɡei̯nja/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njɛ/

Noun

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

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.