cregynna
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cregyn (“shells”) + -a. Cognate with Cornish kregynna.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cregynna (first-person singular present cregynnaf)
- to gather shells
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cregynnaf | cregynni | cregynna | cregynnwn | cregynnwch | cregynnant | cregynnir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cregynnwn | cregynnit | cregynnai | cregynnem | cregynnech | cregynnent | cregynnid | |
preterite | cregynnais | cregynnaist | cregynnodd | cregynasom | cregynasoch | cregynasant | cregynnwyd | |
pluperfect | cregynaswn | cregynasit | cregynasai | cregynasem | cregynasech | cregynasent | cregynasid, cregynesid | |
present subjunctive | cregynnwyf | cregynnych | cregynno | cregynnom | cregynnoch | cregynnont | cregynner | |
imperative | — | cregynna | cregynned | cregynnwn | cregynnwch | cregynnent | cregynner | |
verbal noun | cregynna | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cregynedig cregynadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cregynna i, cregynnaf i | cregynni di | cregynnith o/e/hi, cregynniff e/hi | cregynnwn ni | cregynnwch chi | cregynnan nhw |
conditional | cregynnwn i, cregynswn i | cregynnet ti, cregynset ti | cregynnai fo/fe/hi, cregynsai fo/fe/hi | cregynnen ni, cregynsen ni | cregynnech chi, cregynsech chi | cregynnen nhw, cregynsen nhw |
preterite | cregynnais i, cregynnes i | cregynnaist ti, cregynnest ti | cregynnodd o/e/hi | cregynnon ni | cregynnoch chi | cregynnon nhw |
imperative | — | cregynna | — | — | cregynnwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cregynna | gregynna | nghregynna | chregynna |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cregynna”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies