pensaernïaeth

Welsh

From pen (“head, chief”) +‎ saernïaeth (“architecture, workmanship”).[1]

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛnsaɨ̯rˈniː.aɨ̯θ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛnsɛrˈniː.ɛθ/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛnsai̯rˈniː.ai̯θ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛnsɛrˈniː.ɛθ/

Note the unusual pronunciation of the first ae as /aɨ̯, ai̯/ rather than expected /eɨ̯, ei̯/.

pensaernïaeth f (uncountable)

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pensaernïaeth	bensaernïaeth	mhensaernïaeth	phensaernïaeth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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