gêm
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gêm f (plural gêmau)
- game, contest
- Gêm ddwl yw criced. ― Cricket is a silly game.[1]
- (sports) fixture
- game (hunted animals and birds)
Usage notes
- Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial, feminine singular nouns derived from English, gêm does not undergo soft mutation following the article (y); however, any adjective that modifies gêm mutates as it normally would. Conversely, gêm always undergoes nasal mutation to ngêm.
Derived terms
- gêm geiliog f (“cockfight”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gêm | - | ngêm | - |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gêm, gâm, giâm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies