cynghrair

Welsh

Etymology

cyn (“before”) +‎ crair (“relic”) from the practise of swearing oaths and making agreements before relics.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkəŋhrai̯r/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈkəŋhrai̯r/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkəŋrai̯r/, /ˈkəŋrɛr/

Noun

cynghrair m or f (plural cynghreiriau)

  1. league, confederation

Mutation

Mutated forms of cynghrair
radical soft nasal aspirate
cynghrair gynghrair nghynghrair chynghrair

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

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