absennu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /abˈsɛnɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /abˈsɛni/
Verb
[edit]absennu (first-person singular present absennaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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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
[edit]- 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