Rhufain
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Welsh
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh Ruuein, from Proto-Brythonic *rrʉβ̃ėn, from Vulgar Latin Rōmănia, from Latin Rōmānia (“Roman Empire”), from Ancient Greek Ῥωμᾱνίᾱ (Rhōmāníā).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɨ̞vai̯n/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɨ̞vɛn/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːvai̯n/, /ˈr̥ɪvai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːvɛn/, /ˈr̥ɪvɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞vai̯n
Proper noun
[edit]Rhufain f
- Rome (the capital city of Italy)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Rhufain | Rufain | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 263
Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Welsh terms derived from Latin
- Welsh terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞vai̯n
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞vai̯n/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Rome
- cy:Cities in Italy
- cy:National capitals
- cy:Places in Italy
- Welsh exonyms