trigeiniau
Welsh
Etymology
trigain (“three score”, “sixty”) + -iau
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njai̯/
Noun
trigeiniau m pl
- (plural only) sixties (decade)
- 1972, Evan David Jones, Cymru: oes Victoria ac Edward VII o hen ffotograffau [Victorian and Edwardian Wales from old photographs] (Batsford; →ISBN, 9780713401257), 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.
- 1972, Evan David Jones, Cymru: oes Victoria ac Edward VII o hen ffotograffau [Victorian and Edwardian Wales from old photographs] (Batsford; →ISBN, 9780713401257), page 11:
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| trigeiniau | drigeiniau | nhrigeiniau | thrigeiniau |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||