tynnu

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tynnu, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨnnɨd, either from Latin tendō or from a Proto-Celtic cognate of it; either way from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“stretch, extend”). Cognate with Middle Cornish tenna, tenne, Modern Cornish tedna (“to pull”), Old Breton tinsit (“scattered, strewed”), Middle Breton tennaff, Modern Breton tennañ, Old Irish tendaid (“to press”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtənɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtəni/
• Rhymes: -ənɨ̞

Verb

tynnu (first-person singular present tynnaf)

1. to pull, to draw
2. to draw, to unsheath (a weapon)
3. to take (a picture)
4. to extract
5. to take off, to remove
6. (arithmetic) to subtract

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	tynnaf	tynni	tyn	tynnwn	tynnwch	tynnant	tynnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	tynnwn	tynnit	tynnai	tynnem	tynnech	tynnent	tynnid
preterite	tynnais	tynnaist	tynnodd	tynasom	tynasoch	tynasant	tynnwyd
pluperfect	tynaswn	tynasit	tynasai	tynasem	tynasech	tynasent	tynasid, tynesid
present subjunctive	tynnwyf	tynnych	tynno	tynnom	tynnoch	tynnont	tynner
imperative	—	tyn, tynna	tynned	tynnwn	tynnwch	tynnent	tynner
verbal noun	tynnu
verbal adjectives	tynedig tynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tynna i, tynnaf i	tynni di	tynnith o/e/hi, tynniff e/hi	tynnwn ni	tynnwch chi	tynnan nhw
conditional	tynnwn i, tynswn i	tynnet ti, tynset ti	tynnai fo/fe/hi, tynsai fo/fe/hi	tynnen ni, tynsen ni	tynnech chi, tynsech chi	tynnen nhw, tynsen nhw
preterite	tynnais i, tynnes i	tynnaist ti, tynnest ti	tynnodd o/e/hi	tynnon ni	tynnoch chi	tynnon nhw
imperative	—	tynna	—	—	tynnwch	—

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

Derived terms

• atynnu (“to attract”)
• tight, taut, fast
• tyniad (“drawing, pulling”)
• tynnu cwtws (“to draw lots”)
• tynnu'n ôl (“to pull back, to retract”)
• tynnu ymaith (“to tear away, to take away”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tynnu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tynnu	dynnu	nhynnu	thynnu

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