angau

See also: Angau

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh angheu, from Proto-Brythonic *ankow, from Proto-Celtic *ankus.

Pronunciation

(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

angau m (plural angheuoedd)

(literary) death
Synonyms: marwolaeth, tranc

Derived terms

yr Angau (“personification of death”)
angel angau (“the angel of death”)
angheuol (“fatal, lethal”)
gwely angau (“deathbed”)
sbot angau (“liver spot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *angau*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
angau	unchanged	unchanged	hangau

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.