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202 in every case to ‑ein(n), tending to become ‑eint or to be replaced by ‑eu. The affection prob. comes from neut. dual forms, of which the ending in Pr. Ar. was *‑ī. Thus Ml. W. ysgyveint 2, Mn. W. ysgyfaint ‘lungs’ < *squmₑn-ī, old neut. dual; the noun has no sg.;—O.W. anu ‘name’ pl. enuein. Ml. W. pl. enweu, with a new sg. enw, Mn. W. enw, pl. enwau (the a- survived in anwedig G.R. [122, 220], Gwyn. dial. § 112 i (2)): Ir. ainm, pl. anmann, neut.;—cam ‘step’, O.W. pl. cemmein, now camau: Ir. cēim, pl. cēimmenn, neut.;—rhwym ‘band’, O. W. pl. ruimmein, now rhwymau;—gof ‘smith’, also gofan(n) 7, pl. Ml. W. goveẏn  i 72, Mn. W. gofaint: Ir. goba, gen. gobann;—edn ‘bird’, once ednan i 195, pl. ednein (printed ednain  i 207), etneint  1245, Mn. ednaint Gr.O. 10;—llw ‘oath’, Ml. W. pl. cam lyein Ỻ.A. 158, camlyeu 1201 ‘false oaths’, Mn. W. llŵon, Gwyn. dial. llyfon.

i. ‑i, ‑ydd, ‑oedd, ‑edd represent the Brit. endings of i‑, i̯o‑, i̯ā- and i̯e- stems.

i-stems, (1) The vowel is not affected in the sg. All the above endings occur in the pl.

‑i and ‑ydd both form the pl. of tref ‘town’; thus trewi (≡ trefi) 54, trewit (≡ trefyẟ) do. 91, Mn. W. trefi § 160 iii (2), and trefydd D.G. 3; cantref ‘cantred’ makes cantrevoeẟ 407 ff., but Mn. W. cantref-i, ‑ydd like tref; see § 75 iv, v.

eglwys ‘church’ follows tref in Mn.W. (eglwysyẟ 147/5 .), but Ml. W. has eglwysseu  1046,  i 273a. In. Ml. W. fforest follows tref: foresti 199, fforestyẟ  195, Mn. W. fforestydd only. plwyf ‘parish’ (a late meaning) also takes ‑i or ‑ydd in Recent W., but earlier plwyvau ii 613.

‑i was added to some names of persons: saer ‘craftsman’, pl. seiri 189; maer ‘steward’, pl. meiri  54; cawr ‘giant’, pl. cewri (rarely ceuri) § 76 iv (3); merthyr ‘martyr’, pl. merthyri Ỻ.A. 126; prophwydi ib.; arglwydd, pl. arglwyẟi M.A. i 198a; so all in Mn. W. (in Late W. merthyron also).