Grammatical
Gender in Welsh
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Bob Morris Jones
E-mail: bmj@aber.ac.uk
The following characteristics relate to singular nouns only.
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Masculine |
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Feminine |
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Explanation |
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bwrdd |
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cadair |
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y |
bwrdd |
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y |
gadair |
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soft
mutation after the article |
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un |
bwrdd |
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un |
gadair |
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soft mutation after un ‘one’ |
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bwrdd |
mawr |
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cadair |
fawr |
soft mutation on
post-modifying adjective
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bwrdd |
gwyn |
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cadair |
wen |
feminine forms of
post-modifying adjectives
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dau |
fwrdd |
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dwy |
gadair |
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feminine forms of a few
numerals |
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y |
bwrdd |
hwn |
y |
gadair |
hon |
demonstrative hwn/hwnnw or hon/honno |
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fe; hwn |
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hi; hon |
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forms of pronouns |