genetig

Welsh

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English genetic + -ig.

Adjective

genetig (feminine singular genetig, plural genetig, not comparable)

  1. genetic

Usage notes

  • Like many other
  • Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial words, genetig does not undergo soft mutation. Conversely, genetig always undergoes nasal mutation to ngenetig. For similar examples, see golff, gêm and glwten.

Mutation

Mutated forms of genetig
radical soft nasal aspirate
genetig unchanged△ ngenetig unchanged

△Irregular.

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

Further reading

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
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