glwten

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English gluten.

Pronunciation

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Noun

glwten m (usually uncountable, plural glwtenau)

1. gluten

Usage notes

• Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial words, glwten does not undergo soft mutation. Conversely, glwten always undergoes nasal mutation to nglwten. For similar examples, see gêm, gini and golff.

Mutation

Mutated forms of glwten

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glwten	unchanged△	nglwten	unchanged

^△Irregular.

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “glwten”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “glwten”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies