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Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *kentusamonyos (“beginning of summer”) (compare Old Irish cétamain).
Noun
cyntefin m (uncountable)
- beginning of summer
- first month of summer, May
- Synonym: Mai
- spring
- Synonym: gwanwyn
- summer
- Synonym: haf
Derived terms
Etymology 2
cyntaf (“first”) + -in
Adjective
cyntefin (feminine singular cyntefin, plural cyntefin, equative mor gyntefin, comparative mwy cyntefin, superlative mwyaf cyntefin)
- primal, original
Mutation
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