Cymraeg

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Cymraeg. === Proper noun === Cymraeg (rare) The Welsh language. === Anagrams === McGeary == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh Cymräec; from Cymro +‎ -eg. Compare Cumbric Cumbreik. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): (standard) /kəmˈraːi̯ɡ/ (South Wales) IPA(key): (standard) /kəmˈrai̯ɡ/, (colloquial) /kəmˈraːɡ/, /kʊmˈraːɡ/ Rhymes: -aːi̯ɡ ==== Usage notes ==== Despite being written with "ae", the final diphthong here is unexpectedly /aːi̯/ in Northern Welsh. === Proper noun === Cymraeg f (uncountable) Welsh; the Welsh language ==== Usage notes ==== Often takes the definite article: y Gymraeg. === Adjective === Cymraeg (feminine singular Cymraeg, plural Cymraeg, not comparable) Welsh, Welsh-language (with reference to the language only, not the nationality) Welsh-speaking ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes used in place of Cymreig in colloquial Welsh, to mean "Welsh" as in pertaining to Wales, although this could be considered erroneous. ==== Related terms ==== Cymreig (“Welsh (nationality)”) Hen Gymraeg (“Old Welsh”) === Mutation ===