mewn
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to (either borrowed from or cognate with) Old Irish medón (“middle”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /mɛu̯n/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /mɨ̞u̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /mɪu̯n/
Preposition
[edit]mewn
- in, at (indefinite nouns)
- Mae hi'n byw mewn tŷ mawr iawn.
- She lives in a very big house.
- Roedd y trên wedi stopio mewn gorsaf.
- The train had stopped at a station.
- Fyddwn ni ddim yna mewn pryd i weld y sioe.
- We will not be there in time to see the show.
Usage notes
[edit]- Mewn is used with indefinite nouns and other concepts; it should be regarded as the 'default' word for 'in'. Its equivalent for definite nouns is yn and is more restricted than mewn.
Derived terms
[edit]- i mewn (“inside; inwards”)
- i mewn i (“into”)
- o fewn (“within (distance, time period)”)
- mewn trefn (“in order, arranged”)
- tu fewn (“within, inside”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| mewn | fewn | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||