trigeiniau

Welsh

Etymology

trigain (“three score”, “sixty”) +‎ -iau

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njaɨ̯/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njɛ/, /trɪˈɡei̯nja/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njai̯/

Noun

trigeiniau pl

  1. (plural only) sixties (decade)
    • 1972, Evan David Jones, “Cymru: oes Victoria ac Edward VII o hen ffotograffau”, in Victorian and Edwardian Wales from old photographs‎[1], Batsford, →ISBN, page 11:
      Wedi i henaint oddiwes John Thomas, ac yntau’n awyddus i beidio â chwalu ei gasgliad, gwerthodd yr Oriel i Syr Owen Edwards, gan sicrhau cyfanrwydd casgliad gwych o fwy na thair mil о negatifau gwydr yn dyddio o’r trigeiniau i’r naw degau.
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Mutation

Mutated forms of trigeiniau
radical soft nasal aspirate
trigeiniau drigeiniau nhrigeiniau thrigeiniau

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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