unnos

Welsh

Etymology

Literally “a day, a night”.

Pronunciation

Noun

unnos m (uncountable)

  1. a period of one night
  2. an unspecified night in the past or future
  3. (often negative) any night

Derived terms

Adjective

unnos (feminine singular unnos, plural unnos, not comparable)

  1. in one night
    1. accomplished in one night
    2. (theater) one-night
  2. (idiomatic) in a short time
  3. (idiomatic) ephemeral
    Synonyms: oesfyr, undydd, undydd unnos

Derived terms
  • undydd unnos (“a day and a night”)
  • craith unnos (“rapidly healing scar”)
  • grawn unnos (“mushrooms”)
  • (law, folklore) caban unnos, hafod unnos, tŷ unnos (“house or hut built in one night on common land by a squatter”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
unnos unchanged unchanged hunnos
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), “unnos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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