tynhau

Welsh

Etymology

From tyn (“tight”) +‎ -hau.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tənˈhaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tənˈhai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

tynhau (first-person singular present tynhaf)

1. to tighten

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tynhaf	tynhei	tynha	tynhawn	tynhewch	tynhânt	tynheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	tynhawn	tynhait	tynhâi	tynhaem	tynhaech	tynhaent	tynheid
preterite	tynheais	tynheaist	tynhaodd	tynhasom	tynhasoch	tynhasant	tynhawyd
pluperfect	tynhaswn	tynhasit	tynhasai	tynhasem	tynhasech	tynhasent	tynhasid, tynhesid
present subjunctive	tynhawyf	tynheych	tynhao	tynhaom	tynhaoch	tynhaont	tynhaer
imperative	—	tynha	tynhaed	tynhawn	tynhewch	tynhaent	tynhaer
verbal noun	tynhau
verbal adjectives	—

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tynheua i, tynheuaf i	tynheui di	tynheuith o/e/hi, tynheuiff e/hi	tynheuwn ni	tynheuwch chi	tynheuan nhw
conditional	tynheuwn i, tynheuswn i	tynheuet ti, tynheuset ti	tynheuai fo/fe/hi, tynheusai fo/fe/hi	tynheuen ni, tynheusen ni	tynheuech chi, tynheusech chi	tynheuen nhw, tynheusen nhw
preterite	tynheuais i, tynheues i	tynheuaist ti, tynheuest ti	tynheuodd o/e/hi	tynheuon ni	tynheuoch chi	tynheuon nhw
imperative	—	tynheua	—	—	tynheuwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of tynhau

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tynhau	dynhau	nhynhau	thynhau

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

References

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