enw

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• enu

Etymology

From Old Welsh anu, from Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enw/

Noun

enw

1. name

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical	Soft	Nasal	H-prothesis
enw	unchanged	unchanged	henw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh enw, from Old Welsh anu, from Proto-Brythonic *anw, from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Cognate with Cornish hanow and Breton anv.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnu/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːnu/, /ˈɛnu/
• Rhymes: -ɛnu

Noun

enw m (plural enwau)

1. name
2. noun

Hyponyms

• enw cadarn
• enw gwan
• enw haniaethol (“abstract noun”)
• enw lluosog (“plural noun”)
• enw unigol (“singular noun”)

Derived terms

• berfenw
• cyfenw
• dienw
• enw lle
• enwi
• enwog
• ffugenw
• llysenw
• neno
• rhagenw
• trawsenw

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
enw	unchanged	unchanged	henw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.