nos da

Cornish

Phrase

nos da

  1. good night

Welsh
Welsh phrasebook
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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌnoːs ˈdaː/, [ˌnoːˈstaː]

Phrase

nos da

  1. good night

Usage notes

Although nos is a feminine noun, the expected soft mutation of da is absent because of an old rule (now inoperative) that disallowed /ð/ after another dental consonant. Compare also wythnos diwethaf f (“last week”) with the same fossilized non-mutation.[1]

References
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 111 vii (2), page 186
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