dan aeliau rhywun

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • o dan aeliau rhywun

Etymology

Literally "under someone's eyebrows".

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /dan ˌeɨ̯ljaɨ̯ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɨ̞n/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /dan ˌeɨ̯ljɛ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɨ̞n/, /dan ˌeɨ̯lja ˈr̥ɪu̯ɨ̞n/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /dan ˌei̯ljai̯ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɪn/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /dan ˌei̯ljɛ ˈr̥ɪu̯ɪn/, /dan ˌei̯ljɛ ˈrɪu̯ɪn/

Prepositional phrase

dan aeliau rhywun

  1. (idiomatic) surreptitious, surreptitiously, without someone's knowledge

Inflection

Personal forms (literary & colloquial)
singular plural
first person dan fy aeliau dan ein haeliau
second person dan dy aeliau dan eich aeliau
third person dan ei aeliau m
dan ei haeliau f 		dan eu haeliau

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dan ei aeliau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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