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Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
nant
- third-person plural present active indicative of nō
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh nant, from Proto-Brythonic *nant, from Proto-Celtic *nantos, *nantus (“stream, valley”).
Noun
nant f (plural nentydd, not mutable)
- brook, stream
- Synonyms: afonig, ffrwd
Etymology 2
Noun
nant
- Nasal mutation of dant.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
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