brasamcanu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• bras amcanu

Etymology

From brasamcan (“approximation”) +‎ -u or bras (“rough”) +‎ amcanu (“to aim”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌbrasamˈkanɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌbrasamˈka(ː)ni/

Verb

brasamcanu (first-person singular present brasamcanaf)

1. to approximate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	brasamcanaf	brasamceni	brasamcana	brasamcanwn	brasamcenwch, brasamcanwch	brasamcanant	brasamcenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	brasamcanwn	brasamcanit	brasamcanai	brasamcanem	brasamcanech	brasamcanent	brasamcenid
preterite	brasamcenais	brasamcenaist	brasamcanodd	brasamcanasom	brasamcanasoch	brasamcanasant	brasamcanwyd
pluperfect	brasamcanaswn	brasamcanasit	brasamcanasai	brasamcanasem	brasamcanasech	brasamcanasent	brasamcanasid, brasamcanesid
present subjunctive	brasamcanwyf	brasamcenych	brasamcano	brasamcanom	brasamcanoch	brasamcanont	brasamcaner
imperative	—	brasamcana	brasamcaned	brasamcanwn	brasamcenwch, brasamcanwch	brasamcanent	brasamcaner
verbal noun	brasamcanu
verbal adjectives	brasamcanedig brasamcanadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	brasamcana i, brasamcanaf i	brasamcani di	brasamcanith o/e/hi, brasamcaniff e/hi	brasamcanwn ni	brasamcanwch chi	brasamcanan nhw
conditional	brasamcanwn i, brasamcanswn i	brasamcanet ti, brasamcanset ti	brasamcanai fo/fe/hi, brasamcansai fo/fe/hi	brasamcanen ni, brasamcansen ni	brasamcanech chi, brasamcansech chi	brasamcanen nhw, brasamcansen nhw
preterite	brasamcanais i, brasamcanes i	brasamcanaist ti, brasamcanest ti	brasamcanodd o/e/hi	brasamcanon ni	brasamcanoch chi	brasamcanon nhw
imperative	—	brasamcana	—	—	brasamcanwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of brasamcanu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brasamcanu	frasamcanu	mrasamcanu	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bras amcanu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies