absennu

Welsh

Etymology

From absen (“absence”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /abˈsɛnɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /abˈsɛni/

Verb

absennu (first-person singular present absennaf)

1. to slander
2. to be absent

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	absennaaf	absennai	absenna, absennaa	absennawn	absennawch	absennaant	absennair
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	absennawn	absennait	absennaai	absennaem	absennaech	absennaent	absennaid
preterite	absennaais	absennaaist	absennaodd	absennaasom	absennaasoch	absennaasant	absennawyd
pluperfect	absennaaswn	absennaasit	absennaasai	absennaasem	absennaasech	absennaasent	absennaasid, absennaesid
present subjunctive	absennawyf	absennaych	absennao	absennaom	absennaoch	absennaont	absennaer
imperative	—	absenna, absennaa	absennaed	absennawn	absennawch	absennaent	absennaer
verbal noun	absennu
verbal adjectives	absennaedig absennaadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	absenna i, absennaf i	absenni di	absennith o/e/hi, absenniff e/hi	absennwn ni	absennwch chi	absennan nhw
conditional	absennwn i, absennswn i	absennet ti, absennset ti	absennai fo/fe/hi, absennsai fo/fe/hi	absennen ni, absennsen ni	absennech chi, absennsech chi	absennen nhw, absennsen nhw
preterite	absennais i, absennes i	absennaist ti, absennest ti	absennodd o/e/hi	absennon ni	absennoch chi	absennon nhw
imperative	—	absenna	—	—	absennwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of absennu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
absennu	unchanged	unchanged	habsennu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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