trigeiniau

Welsh

Etymology

trigain (“three score”, “sixty”) +‎ -iau

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njaɨ̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /trɪˈɡei̯njai̯/

Noun

trigeiniau m pl

  1. (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.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
trigeiniau drigeiniau nhrigeiniau thrigeiniau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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