rhannu

Welsh

Etymology

From rhan +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥anɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ani/
• Rhymes: -anɨ̞

Verb

rhannu (first-person singular present rhannaf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to divide, to split
2. (transitive or intransitive) to share
3. (transitive) to distribute
4. (transitive, arithmetic) to divide

   Antonym: lluosi

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhannaf	rhenni	rhanna	rhannwn	rhennwch, rhannwch	rhannant	rhennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhannwn	rhannit	rhannai	rhannem	rhannech	rhannent	rhennid
preterite	rhennais	rhennaist	rhannodd	rhanasom	rhanasoch	rhanasant	rhannwyd
pluperfect	rhanaswn	rhanasit	rhanasai	rhanasem	rhanasech	rhanasent	rhanasid, rhanesid
present subjunctive	rhannwyf	rhennych	rhanno	rhannom	rhannoch	rhannont	rhanner
imperative	—	rhanna	rhanned	rhannwn	rhennwch, rhannwch	rhannent	rhanner
verbal noun	rhannu
verbal adjectives	rhanedig rhanadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhanna i, rhannaf i	rhanni di	rhannith o/e/hi, rhanniff e/hi	rhannwn ni	rhannwch chi	rhannan nhw
conditional	rhannwn i, rhanswn i	rhannet ti, rhanset ti	rhannai fo/fe/hi, rhansai fo/fe/hi	rhannen ni, rhansen ni	rhannech chi, rhansech chi	rhannen nhw, rhansen nhw
preterite	rhannais i, rhannes i	rhannaist ti, rhannest ti	rhannodd o/e/hi	rhannon ni	rhannoch chi	rhannon nhw
imperative	—	rhanna	—	—	rhannwch	—

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

Derived terms

• cyfrannu (“to contribute”)
• isrannu (“to subdivide”)
• ymrannu (“to part”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhannu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhannu	rannu	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

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “rhannu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhannu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies