masnachu

Welsh

Etymology

From masnach (“trade, commerce”) +‎ -u.

Verb

masnachu (first-person singular present masnachaf)

1. to trade, to deal

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	masnachaf	masnachi	masnacha	masnachwn	masnachwch	masnachant	masnachir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	masnachwn	masnachit	masnachai	masnachem	masnachech	masnachent	masnachid
preterite	masnachais	masnachaist	masnachodd	masnachasom	masnachasoch	masnachasant	masnachwyd
pluperfect	masnachaswn	masnachasit	masnachasai	masnachasem	masnachasech	masnachasent	masnachasid, masnachesid
present subjunctive	masnachwyf	masnachych	masnacho	masnachom	masnachoch	masnachont	masnacher
imperative	—	masnacha	masnached	masnachwn	masnachwch	masnachent	masnacher
verbal noun	masnachu
verbal adjectives	masnachedig masnachadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	masnacha i, masnachaf i	masnachi di	masnachith o/e/hi, masnachiff e/hi	masnachwn ni	masnachwch chi	masnachan nhw
conditional	masnachwn i, masnachswn i	masnachet ti, masnachset ti	masnachai fo/fe/hi, masnachsai fo/fe/hi	masnachen ni, masnachsen ni	masnachech chi, masnachsech chi	masnachen nhw, masnachsen nhw
preterite	masnachais i, masnaches i	masnachaist ti, masnachest ti	masnachodd o/e/hi	masnachon ni	masnachoch chi	masnachon nhw
imperative	—	masnacha	—	—	masnachwch	—

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

Derived terms

• masnachwr (“trader, dealer, merchant”)

Related terms

• masnach (“trade, commerce”)
• masnachdy (“shop”)
• masnachfraint (“franchise”)
• masnachol (“commercial”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of masnachu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
masnachu	fasnachu	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

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