cynnu

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “this is NOT the same as cynnau, cynnu in the GPC”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkənɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəni/
• Rhymes: -ənɨ̞

Verb

cynnu (first-person singular present cynnaf)

1. to descend, to fall down, to go down

   Synonyms: disgyn, cwympo i lawr, mynd i lawr

2. (of the sun) to set

   Synonym: machlud

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cynnaf	cynni	cyn	cynnwn	cynnwch	cynnant	cynnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cynnwn	cynnit	cynnai	cynnem	cynnech	cynnent	cynnid
preterite	cynnais	cynnaist	cynnodd	cynasom	cynasoch	cynasant	cynnwyd
pluperfect	cynaswn	cynasit	cynasai	cynasem	cynasech	cynasent	cynasid, cynesid
present subjunctive	cynnwyf	cynnych	cynno	cynnom	cynnoch	cynnont	cynner
imperative	—	cyn, cynna	cynned	cynnwn	cynnwch	cynnent	cynner
verbal noun	cynnu
verbal adjectives	cynedig cynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cynna i, cynnaf i	cynni di	cynnith o/e/hi, cynniff e/hi	cynnwn ni	cynnwch chi	cynnan nhw
conditional	cynnwn i, cynswn i	cynnet ti, cynset ti	cynnai fo/fe/hi, cynsai fo/fe/hi	cynnen ni, cynsen ni	cynnech chi, cynsech chi	cynnen nhw, cynsen nhw
preterite	cynnais i, cynnes i	cynnaist ti, cynnest ti	cynnodd o/e/hi	cynnon ni	cynnoch chi	cynnon nhw
imperative	—	cynna	—	—	cynnwch	—

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

Derived terms

• trosgynnol (“transcendental”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cynnu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cynnu	gynnu	nghynnu	chynnu

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