mewnanadlu

Welsh

Etymology

From mewn- (“in-”) +‎ anadlu (“breathe”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛu̯naˈnadlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛu̯naˈnadli/

Verb

mewnanadlu (first-person singular present mewnanadlaf)

1. to inhale, to inspire

   Antonym: allanadlu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mewnanadlaf	mewnanedli	mewnanadla	mewnanadlwn	mewnanedlwch, mewnanadlwch	mewnanadlant	mewnanedlir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mewnanadlwn	mewnanadlit	mewnanadlai	mewnanadlem	mewnanadlech	mewnanadlent	mewnanedlid
preterite	mewnanedlais	mewnanedlaist	mewnanadlodd	mewnanadlasom	mewnanadlasoch	mewnanadlasant	mewnanadlwyd
pluperfect	mewnanadlaswn	mewnanadlasit	mewnanadlasai	mewnanadlasem	mewnanadlasech	mewnanadlasent	mewnanadlasid, mewnanadlesid
present subjunctive	mewnanadlwyf	mewnanedlych	mewnanadlo	mewnanadlom	mewnanadloch	mewnanadlont	mewnanadler
imperative	—	mewnanadla, mewnanadla	mewnanadled	mewnanadlwn	mewnanedlwch, mewnanadlwch	mewnanadlent	mewnanadler
verbal noun	mewnanadlu
verbal adjectives	mewnanadledig mewnanadladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mewnanadla i, mewnanadlaf i	mewnanadli di	mewnanadlith o/e/hi, mewnanadliff e/hi	mewnanadlwn ni	mewnanadlwch chi	mewnanadlan nhw
conditional	mewnanadlwn i, mewnanadlswn i	mewnanadlet ti, mewnanadlset ti	mewnanadlai fo/fe/hi, mewnanadlsai fo/fe/hi	mewnanadlen ni, mewnanadlsen ni	mewnanadlech chi, mewnanadlsech chi	mewnanadlen nhw, mewnanadlsen nhw
preterite	mewnanadlais i, mewnanadles i	mewnanadlaist ti, mewnanadlest ti	mewnanadlodd o/e/hi	mewnanadlon ni	mewnanadloch chi	mewnanadlon nhw
imperative	—	mewnanadla	—	—	mewnanadlwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• mewnanadliad (“inhalation, inspire”)
• mewnanadlydd (“inhaler”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mewnanadlu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mewnanadlu	fewnanadlu	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), “mewnanadlaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies