adnau
Welsh
editEtymology
editCognate with Old Irish aithne (“entrusting, thing entrusted”).
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈadnaɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈadnɛ/, /ˈadna/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈadnai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈadnɛ/
Noun
editadnau m (plural adneuon)
- (banking) deposit
- (housing) security deposit
Derived terms
edit- ar adnau (“on deposit, entrusted for safe keeping”)
- adnau bancwyr (“bankers' deposit”)
- adneuo (“to deposit”)
- bond adnau (“deposit bond”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
adnau | unchanged | unchanged | hadnau |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “adnau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies