'th
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "th"
Cornish
[edit]Determiner
[edit]'th (triggers mixed mutation)
Pronoun
[edit]'th (triggers mixed mutation)
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]'th
- (literary) your (familiar singular; triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)
- 18th century, “Myfanwy”:
- Myfanwy, boed yr holl o’th fywyd
Dan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd.- Myfanwy, may your life entirely be
Beneath the midday sun's bright glow.
- Myfanwy, may your life entirely be
- Synonym: dy
- 18th century, “Myfanwy”:
Pronoun
[edit]'th
- (literary) you (familiar singular; used after vowels as the direct object of a verb; triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Genesis 28:15:
- Ac wele fi gyda thi; ac mi a’th gadwaf pa le bynnag yr elych, ac a’th ddygaf drachefn i’r wlad hon: oherwydd ni’th adawaf, hyd oni wnelwyf yr hyn a leferais wrthyt.
- Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Genesis 28:15:
Usage notes
[edit]- The determiner can be considered a "contraction" of dy used after mostly functional vowel-final words.
- The pronoun occurs after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as fe, a, ni, na, oni and pe.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “'th”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies