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Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
mham
- (North Wales, colloquial) Aspirate mutation of mam.
Usage notes
In standard Welsh, m is not affected by the aspirate mutation. However, some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of mam to mham. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also nain to nhain for a similar example.
Mutation
△Irregular.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.