nhain

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n̥ai̯n/

Noun

nhain

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) Aspirate mutation of nain.

Usage notes

In standard Welsh, N is not affected by the aspirate mutation. However, some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of nain to nhain. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also mam to mham for a similar example.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
nain unchanged unchanged nhain△
△Irregular.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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