mantais

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English vantage, backformed with /m/ because /v/ is its soft mutation (see similar examples: melfaréd (“velveret”), melfed (“velvet”), mursen (“coquette; damselfly”), menter (“venture”)).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmantai̯s/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈmantai̯s/
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  • Rhymes: -antai̯s

Noun

mantais f (plural manteision or manteisiau)

  1. advantage
    Synonym: achlysur
    Antonym: anfantais

Derived terms
  • manteisio (“to take advantage”)
  • manteisiol (“advantageous”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mantais fantais unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mantais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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