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

Mutated forms of nain
radical soft nasal aspirate
nain unchanged unchanged nhain△

△Irregular.

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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