adnau

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Old Irish aithne (“entrusting, thing entrusted”).

Pronunciation

• (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

adnau m (plural adneuon)

1. (banking) deposit
2. (housing) security deposit

Derived terms

• ar adnau (“on deposit, entrusted for safe keeping”)
• adnau bancwyr (“bankers' deposit”)
• adneuo (“to deposit”)
• bond adnau (“deposit bond”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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

• 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