I came across the phrase y gêm fawr , the big game/match and noted the mutation on mawr to fawr which told me that the noun game is feminine. I'm wondering why there is no mutation on gêm in y gêm. Does gêm resist mutation because êm is awkward or is game considered a plural noun or ...? thanks.
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why no mutation on game/match
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I think it may be because gêm is a word borrowed from English rather than being a genuine Welsh word. Gôl is also feminine and seems to behave similarly.
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