sarnu

Lower Sorbian

Noun

sarnu

1. accusative/instrumental singular of sarna

Welsh

Alternative forms

• sarnio, sarno

Etymology

sarn (“causeway”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsarnɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsarni/
• Rhymes: -arnɨ̞

Verb

sarnu (first-person singular present sarnaf, not mutable)

1. to trample, to tread down

   Synonyms: mathru, damsang, sengi

2. to despoil, to lay waste

   Synonyms: dinistrio, difetha

3. to waste

   Synonym: gwastraffu

4. to spread, to strew

   Synonyms: gwasgaru, taenu

5. to belittle, to hold in disregard

   Synonyms: bychanu, dibrisio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sarnaf	sarni	sarn, sarna	sarnwn	sarnwch	sarnant	sarnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	sarnwn	sarnit	sarnai	sarnem	sarnech	sarnent	sarnid
preterite	sarnais	sarnaist	sarnodd	sarnasom	sarnasoch	sarnasant	sarnwyd
pluperfect	sarnaswn	sarnasit	sarnasai	sarnasem	sarnasech	sarnasent	sarnasid, sarnesid
present subjunctive	sarnwyf	sarnych	sarno	sarnom	sarnoch	sarnont	sarner
imperative	—	sarn, sarna	sarned	sarnwn	sarnwch	sarnent	sarner
verbal noun	sarnu
verbal adjectives	sarnedig sarnadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sarna i, sarnaf i	sarni di	sarnith o/e/hi, sarniff e/hi	sarnwn ni	sarnwch chi	sarnan nhw
conditional	sarnwn i, sarnswn i	sarnet ti, sarnset ti	sarnai fo/fe/hi, sarnsai fo/fe/hi	sarnen ni, sarnsen ni	sarnech chi, sarnsech chi	sarnen nhw, sarnsen nhw
preterite	sarnais i, sarnes i	sarnaist ti, sarnest ti	sarnodd o/e/hi	sarnon ni	sarnoch chi	sarnon nhw
imperative	—	sarna	—	—	sarnwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

References

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