amgueddfa

Welsh

Etymology

From amguedd (“treasure, wealth”) +‎ -fa, -ma. The word was constructed by William Owen Pughe, an antiquarian and grammarian. He also constructed other words which have become everyday words in the Welsh language.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌamɡɨ̞ˈɛðva/
(South Wales) (standard) IPA^(key): /ˌamɡiˈɛðva/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌamˈɡjɛðva/

Noun

amgueddfa f (plural amgueddfeydd or amgueddfâu)

museum

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amgueddfa	unchanged	unchanged	hamgueddfa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “amgueddfa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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