taenu

Welsh

Etymology

From taen +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈteɨ̯nɨ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtei̯ni/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːni/

Verb

taenu (first-person singular present taenaf)

1. (transitive) to spread

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	taenaf	taeni	taena	taenwn	taenwch	taenant	taenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	taenwn	taenit	taenai	taenem	taenech	taenent	taenid
preterite	taenais	taenaist	taenodd	taenasom	taenasoch	taenasant	taenwyd
pluperfect	taenaswn	taenasit	taenasai	taenasem	taenasech	taenasent	taenasid, taenesid
present subjunctive	taenwyf	taenych	taeno	taenom	taenoch	taenont	taener
imperative	—	taena	taened	taenwn	taenwch	taenent	taener
verbal noun	taenu
verbal adjectives	taenedig taenadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	taena i, taenaf i	taeni di	taenith o/e/hi, taeniff e/hi	taenwn ni	taenwch chi	taenan nhw
conditional	taenwn i, taenswn i	taenet ti, taenset ti	taenai fo/fe/hi, taensai fo/fe/hi	taenen ni, taensen ni	taenech chi, taensech chi	taenen nhw, taensen nhw
preterite	taenais i, taenes i	taenaist ti, taenest ti	taenodd o/e/hi	taenon ni	taenoch chi	taenon nhw
imperative	—	taena	—	—	taenwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• taeniad (“spreading”)
• taenlen (“spreadsheet”)
• taenwr (“spreader”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taenu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
taenu	daenu	nhaenu	thaenu

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