cynnau
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kom-dawyo-, prefixed from *dawyo- (“to kindle, burn”) (modern deifio). More at deifio.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈkənaɨ̯/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkənɛ/, /ˈkəna/
- (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈkənai̯/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkənɛ/, /ˈkɪnɛ/, /ˈkɪni/
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cyneuaf | cyneui | cynnau, cyneua | cyneuwn | cyneuwch | cyneuant | cyneuir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cyneuwn | cyneuit | cyneuai | cyneuem | cyneuech | cyneuent | cyneuid | |
| preterite | cyneuais | cyneuaist | cyneuodd | cyneuasom | cyneuasoch | cyneuasant | cyneuwyd | |
| pluperfect | cyneuaswn | cyneuasit | cyneuasai | cyneuasem | cyneuasech | cyneuasent | cyneuasid, cyneuesid | |
| present subjunctive | cyneuwyf | cyneuych | cyneuo | cyneuom | cyneuoch | cyneuont | cyneuer | |
| imperative | — | cyneua | cyneued | cyneuwn | cyneuwch | cyneuent | cyneuer | |
| verbal noun | cynnau | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cyneuedig | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cyneua i, cyneuaf i | cyneui di | cyneuith o/e/hi, cyneuiff e/hi | cyneuwn ni | cyneuwch chi | cyneuan nhw |
| conditional | cyneuwn i, cyneuswn i | cyneuet ti, cyneuset ti | cyneuai fo/fe/hi, cyneusai fo/fe/hi | cyneuen ni, cyneusen ni | cyneuech chi, cyneusech chi | cyneuen nhw, cyneusen nhw |
| preterite | cyneuais i, cyneues i | cyneuaist ti, cyneuest ti | cyneuodd o/e/hi | cyneuon ni | cyneuoch chi | cyneuon nhw |
| imperative | — | cyneua | — | — | cyneuwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
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