cannu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From can (“white, brilliant”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkanɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkani/
Verb
[edit]cannu (first-person singular present cannaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cannaf | cenni | canna | cannwn | cennwch, cannwch | cannant | cennir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cannwn | cannit | cannai | cannem | cannech | cannent | cennid | |
preterite | cennais | cennaist | cannodd | cannasom | cannasoch | cannasant | cannwyd | |
pluperfect | cannaswn | cannasit | cannasai | cannasem | cannasech | cannasent | cannasid, cannesid | |
present subjunctive | cannwyf | cennych | canno | cannom | cannoch | cannont | canner | |
imperative | — | canna | canned | cannwn | cennwch, cannwch | cannent | canner | |
verbal noun | cannu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cannedig cannadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | canna i, cannaf i | canni di | cannith o/e/hi, canniff e/hi | cannwn ni | cannwch chi | cannan nhw |
conditional | cannwn i, cannswn i | cannet ti, cannset ti | cannai fo/fe/hi, cannsai fo/fe/hi | cannen ni, cannsen ni | cannech chi, cannsech chi | cannen nhw, cannsen nhw |
preterite | cannais i, cannes i | cannaist ti, cannest ti | cannodd o/e/hi | cannon ni | cannoch chi | cannon nhw |
imperative | — | canna | — | — | cannwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cannu | gannu | nghannu | channu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cannu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies