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mabinogion

/ˌmæbəˈnoʊɡi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
mabino-gion
IPA
/ˌmæbəˈnoʊɡi.ən/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The earliest prose literature of Britain, compiled in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions by medieval Welsh authors.

noun

plural of mabinogi

Etymology

From Welsh Mabinogi (“instruction for young bards”), coined by the Welsh grammarian William Owen Pughe in 1795. The name originated from mabynnogyon, which occurs at the end of one of the four branches, and is now considered to have been a scribal error, mistaken as the plural for Welsh mabinogi, which is already plural, derived in an unclear manner from mab (“son, boy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˌmæbəˈnoʊɡi.ən/

Inflected Forms

the Mabinogion (canonical)

Questions

How do you pronounce mabinogion?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmæbəˈnoʊɡi.ən/.
What does mabinogion mean?
The earliest prose literature of Britain, compiled in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions by medieval Welsh authors.
Where does mabinogion come from?
It is traced to Welsh.

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