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'th
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Appendix:Variations of "th"
Cornish
Etymology
Cognate with cy 'th.
Determiner
kw det triggers mixed mutation
en your (informal second person singular possessive determiner)
Pronoun
kw pron triggers mixed mutation
en you (informal second person singular pronoun)
kw Hi a'th kwelas. She saw you.
See also
kw mixed mutation triggers
Middle Welsh
Pronunciation
wlm /θ/
Determiner
wlm det 1 ’th
wlm dy your s used after a vowel
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /θ/
Determiner
cy determiner possessive determiners
cy literary your familiar singular; triggers soft mutation of a following consonant
18th century, “Myfanwy”:
cy Myfanwy, boed yr holl o’th fywydDan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd. Myfanwy, may your life entirely beBeneath the midday sun's bright glow.
cy dy
Pronoun
cy pronoun personal pronouns
cy 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:
cy 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.
cy di ti
Usage notes
The determiner can be considered a "contraction" of cy dy used after mostly functional vowel-final words.
The pronoun occurs after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as cy fe, cy a, cy ni, cy na, cy oni and cy pe.
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