aillt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh aillt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪlt/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪlt

Noun

aillt (plural aillts)

  1. A member of a semi-servile class among the Cymry.
    • 1924, Bromfield and Yale, Wales (Lordship), The first extent of Bromfield and Yale, A, Part 1315, page 19:
      […] but the laws and the Extents make us acquainted with another class, somewhat akin to the manorial serf of England, the aillt class.

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *altyos

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈai̯ɬd/, [ˈai̯ɬt]

Noun

aillt

  1. plural of allt

Mutation

Mutated forms of aillt
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
aillt unchanged unchanged haillt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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