cynnal

Welsh

Etymology

From can- +‎ dal.

Verb

cynnal (first-person singular present cynhaliaf)

1. (transitive) to support, to hold, to sustain
2. (transitive) to hold, to host
3. (transitive) to maintain, to keep

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cynhaliaf	cynheli	cynnail	cynhaliwn	cynheliwch, cynhaliwch	cynhaliant	cynhelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cynhaliwn	cynhelit	cynhaliai	cynhaliem	cynhaliech	cynhalient	cynhelid
preterite	cynheliais	cynheliaist	cynhaliodd	cynhaliasom	cynhaliasoch	cynhaliasant	cynhaliwyd
pluperfect	cynhaliaswn	cynhaliasit	cynhaliasai	cynhaliasem	cynhaliasech	cynhaliasent	cynhaliasid, cynhaliesid
present subjunctive	cynhaliwyf	cynheliech	cynhalio	cynhaliom	cynhalioch	cynhaliont	cynhalier
imperative	—	cynnal	cynhalied	cynhaliwn	cynheliwch, cynhaliwch	cynhalient	cynhalier
verbal noun	cynnal
verbal adjectives	cynhaliedig cynhaliadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cynhalia i, cynhaliaf i	cynhali di	cynhalith o/e/hi, cynhaliff e/hi	cynhaliwn ni	cynhaliwch chi	cynhalian nhw
conditional	cynhaliwn i, cynhaliswn i	cynhaliet ti, cynhaliset ti	cynhaliai fo/fe/hi, cynhalisai fo/fe/hi	cynhalien ni, cynhalisen ni	cynhaliech chi, cynhalisech chi	cynhalien nhw, cynhalisen nhw
preterite	cynhaliais i, cynhalies i	cynhaliaist ti, cynhaliest ti	cynhaliodd o/e/hi	cynhalion ni	cynhalioch chi	cynhalion nhw
imperative	—	cynhalia	—	—	cynhaliwch	—

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

Derived terms

• cynhaliad (“support, holding; prop, support”)
• cynhaliaeth (“maintenance, upkeep”)
• cynhaliol (“supporting”)
• cynhaliwr (“supporter, upholder”)
• cynheiliad (“supporter, patron”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cynnal

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cynnal	gynnal	nghynnal	chynnal

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