nwy
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nuːiː/
- Conventional anglicization: nuy
Noun
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m
- (uncountable) water
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 83–86:
- ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n.f n.j (j)n-mj jn tw zpwj snwj nḏs (j)n-mj jn tw r jw pn n(j) wꜣḏ-wr ntj gs(wj).fj m nwy
- Then he said to me,
―Who brought you, who brought you, little man? Who brought you to this island of the sea, both of whose sides are in the water?
Related terms
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References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.
Middle English
editNoun
editnwy
- Alternative form of noy
Welsh
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /nuːɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /nʊi̯/
- Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯
Etymology 1
editFrom a conjectured element *ny- (“spreading”) + gwy (“fluid”).[1]
Noun
editnwy m (plural nwyon, not mutable)
Derived terms
edit- nwy dagrau m (“tear gas”)
- nwy naturiol m (“natural gas”)
- nwyeiddio (“gasify”, verb)
- nwyol (“gaseous”, adjective)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Numeral
editnwy
- Nasal mutation of dwy.
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dwy | ddwy | nwy | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
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- Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Egyptian lemmas
- Egyptian nouns
- Egyptian masculine nouns
- Egyptian uncountable nouns
- Egyptian terms with quotations
- egy:Water
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh non-mutable terms
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Physics
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh mutated numerals
- Welsh nasal-mutation forms