namyn - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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    * 1.3.1 Usage notes
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yn (particle) +‎ amwyn (“to seize, to take away”), from Proto-Celtic *ambi- + *wīkā.

• (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnamɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnamɪn/

namyn

1. except, apart from
   Synonym: heblaw
2. (arithmetic) minus
   Synonym: minws

• Namyn can be used to express certain numerals, such as ugain namyn dwy (“eighteen”, feminine, literally “twenty minus two”) and cant namyn un (“ninety-nine”, literally “one hundred minus one”).
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “namyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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