mantais

== Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English vantage, backformed with /m/ because /v/ is its soft mutation (see similar examples: melfaréd (“velveret”), melfed (“velvet”), mursen (“coquette; damselfly”), menter (“venture”)). === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmantai̯s/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmantɛs/ (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈmantai̯s/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmantɛs/ Rhymes: -antai̯s === Noun === mantais f (plural manteision or manteisiau) advantage Synonym: achlysur Antonym: anfantais ==== Derived terms ==== manteisio (“to take advantage”) manteisiol (“advantageous”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mantais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies