llnau

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (South Wales, colloquial) clau
• (standard) glanhau

Etymology

Clipping of glanhau.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬnaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬnai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

llnau (first-person singular present llneuaf)

1. (North Wales, colloquial) to clean

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	llneua i, llneuaf i	llneui di	llneuith o/e/hi, llneuiff e/hi	llneuwn ni	llneuwch chi	llneuan nhw
conditional	llneuwn i, llneuswn i	llneuet ti, llneuset ti	llneuai fo/fe/hi, llneusai fo/fe/hi	llneuen ni, llneusen ni	llneuech chi, llneusech chi	llneuen nhw, llneusen nhw
preterite	llneuais i, llneues i	llneuaist ti, llneuest ti	llneuodd o/e/hi	llneuon ni	llneuoch chi	llneuon nhw
imperative	—	llneua	—	—	llneuwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of llnau

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llnau	lnau	unchanged	unchanged

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

References

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