pythefnos

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • pumthefnos, pymthegnos, pumpthegnos, pymthengnos, pysewnoth, pysownoth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh petheunos, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨmθeβ̃noɨθ (with loss of /m/ by dissimilation from /β̃/ and with attraction to nos (“night”)), from Proto-Celtic *kʷinkʷe-de(k)m noxtes (literally “fifteen nights”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəˈθɛvnɔs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvnɔs

Noun

pythefnos m or f (plural pythefnosau)

  1. fortnight

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pythefnos bythefnos mhythefnos phythefnos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

References
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 99 iv, page 149

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