genoteip

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English genotype.

Noun

genoteip m (plural genoteipiau)

genotype

Usage notes

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of *genoteip*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
genoteip	unchanged^△	ngenoteip	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

Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006), Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 202