mantais

Borrowed from English vantage, backformed with /m/ because /v/ is its soft mutation (see similar examples: melfaréd (“velveret”), melfed (“velvet”), mursen (“coquette; damselfly”), menter (“venture”)).

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmantai̯s/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmantɛs/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmantai̯s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmantɛs/

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• Rhymes: -antai̯s

mantais f (plural manteision or manteisiau)

1. advantage

   Synonym: achlysur

   Antonym: anfantais

• manteisio (“to take advantage”)
• manteisiol (“advantageous”)

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R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mantais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies