graeanu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡreɨ̯.ˈanɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡreɨ̯.ˈa(ː)ni/
- Rhymes: -anɨ̞
Verb
[edit]graeanu (first-person singular present graeanaf)
- to grit
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | graeanaf | graeeni | graeana | graeanwn | graeenwch, graeanwch | graeanant | graeenir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
graeanwn | graeanit | graeanai | graeanem | graeanech | graeanent | graeenid | |
preterite | graeenais | graeenaist | graeanodd | graeanasom | graeanasoch | graeanasant | graeanwyd | |
pluperfect | graeanaswn | graeanasit | graeanasai | graeanasem | graeanasech | graeanasent | graeanasid, graeanesid | |
present subjunctive | graeanwyf | graeenych | graeano | graeanom | graeanoch | graeanont | graeaner | |
imperative | — | graeana | graeaned | graeanwn | graeenwch, graeanwch | graeanent | graeaner | |
verbal noun | graeanu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | graeanedig graeanadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | graeana i, graeanaf i | graeani di | graeanith o/e/hi, graeaniff e/hi | graeanwn ni | graeanwch chi | graeanan nhw |
conditional | graeanwn i, graeanswn i | graeanet ti, graeanset ti | graeanai fo/fe/hi, graeansai fo/fe/hi | graeanen ni, graeansen ni | graeanech chi, graeansech chi | graeanen nhw, graeansen nhw |
preterite | graeanais i, graeanes i | graeanaist ti, graeanest ti | graeanodd o/e/hi | graeanon ni | graeanoch chi | graeanon nhw |
imperative | — | graeana | — | — | graeanwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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graeanu | raeanu | ngraeanu | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “graeanu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies