cenna

See also: cenná, cenną, and çénn-a

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.na/
• Rhymes: -enna
• Hyphenation: cén‧na

Verb

cenna

1. inflection of cennare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Canne, canne

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲen͈ə/

Noun

cenna

1. nominative plural of cenn

Mutation

Mutation of cenna

radical	lenition	nasalization
cenna	chenna	cenna pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʲen͈a]

Noun

cenna

1. nominative plural of cenn

Mutation

Mutation of cenna

radical	lenition	nasalization
cenna	chenna	cenna pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Syllabification: cen‧na

Adjective

cenna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of cenny

Welsh

Etymology

From cenn (“lichen”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛna/
• Rhymes: -ɛna

Verb

cenna (first-person singular present cennaf)

1. to gather lichen
2. to scale, to flake
3. to grow scaly, to grow scurfy

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cennaf	cenni	cenna	cennwn	cennwch	cennant	cennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cennwn	cennit	cennai	cennem	cennech	cennent	cennid
preterite	cennais	cennaist	cennodd	cenasom	cenasoch	cenasant	cennwyd
pluperfect	cenaswn	cenasit	cenasai	cenasem	cenasech	cenasent	cenasid, cenesid
present subjunctive	cennwyf	cennych	cenno	cennom	cennoch	cennont	cenner
imperative	—	cenna	cenned	cennwn	cennwch	cennent	cenner
verbal noun	cenna
verbal adjectives	cenedig cenadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cenna i, cennaf i	cenni di	cennith o/e/hi, cenniff e/hi	cennwn ni	cennwch chi	cennan nhw
conditional	cennwn i, censwn i	cennet ti, censet ti	cennai fo/fe/hi, censai fo/fe/hi	cennen ni, censen ni	cennech chi, censech chi	cennen nhw, censen nhw
preterite	cennais i, cennes i	cennaist ti, cennest ti	cennodd o/e/hi	cennon ni	cennoch chi	cennon nhw
imperative	—	cenna	—	—	cennwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cenna

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cenna	genna	nghenna	chenna

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

Further reading

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