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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh angheu, from Proto-Brythonic *ankow, from Proto-Celtic *ankus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈaŋaɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈaŋɛ/, /ˈaŋa/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈaŋai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈaŋɛ/
Noun
[edit]angau m (plural angheuoedd)
- (literary) death
- Synonyms: marwolaeth, tranc
Derived terms
[edit]- Angau (“Ankou”, personification of death)
- angel angau (“angel of death”)
- angheuol (“fatal, lethal”)
- gwely angau (“death bed”)
- sbot angau (“liver spot”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
angau | unchanged | unchanged | hangau |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *neḱ-
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
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- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- Welsh literary terms