gêm
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeːm/
- Rhymes: -eːm
Noun
gêm f (plural gemau)
Usage notes
- Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial words, gêm does not undergo soft mutation. Conversely, gêm always undergoes nasal mutation to ngêm. For a similar examples, see golff, gini and glwten.
Derived terms
- gêm geiliog f (“cockfight”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gêm | unchanged△ | ngêm | unchanged |
| △Irregular. | |||
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gêm, gâm, giâm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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