Yn

Manx

Alternative forms

• y

Etymology

From Old Irish in. Cognate with Irish an and Scottish Gaelic an.

Article

Yn

1. the

Related terms

• ny

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Welsh

Particle

yn (after vowels, 'n)

1. grammatical particle used in conjunction with bod to mark adjectival, nominal, or verbal complements.

Notes

• This particle causes the soft mutation in all letters but Rh and Ll in nouns and adjectives following it, but not in verbs.

Preposition

yn (after vowels, 'm or 'n)

1. in (definite nouns)

   Mae hi'n byw yng Nghaerdydd. - She lives in Cardiff

   Ydyn ni'n astudio yn y Brifysgol ym Mangor - We're studying in the University in Bangor

Notes

• This preposition causes the nasal mutation. Before g and c it becomes yng, before p, b and sometimes m it becomes ym. In some areas the spoken language applies a soft mutation rather than a nasal one to the following word, but in written language the nasal is constant.
• Yn is used with definite nouns. Its equivalent for indefinite nouns is mewn.

See also

mewn

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West Frisian

Preposition

Yn

1. in
2. into