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”)).
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mantais f (plural manteision or manteisiau)
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
mantais | fantais | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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