braenu
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From braen + -u. Cognate with Cornish breyna, Breton breinañ.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbreɨ̯nɨ̞/
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbrei̯ni/
Verb edit
braenu (first-person singular present braenaf)
- (transitive, intransitive) to rot, to decay
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | braenaf | braeni | braena | braenwn | braenwch | braenant | braenir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
braenwn | braenit | braenai | braenem | braenech | braenent | braenid | |
preterite | braenais | braenaist | braenodd | braenasom | braenasoch | braenasant | braenwyd | |
pluperfect | braenaswn | braenasit | braenasai | braenasem | braenasech | braenasent | braenasid, braenesid | |
present subjunctive | braenwyf | braenych | braeno | braenom | braenoch | braenont | braener | |
imperative | — | braena | braened | braenwn | braenwch | braenent | braener | |
verbal noun | braenu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | braenedig braenadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | braena i, braenaf i | braeni di | braenith o/e/hi, braeniff e/hi | braenwn ni | braenwch chi | braenan nhw |
conditional | braenwn i, braenswn i | braenet ti, braenset ti | braenai fo/fe/hi, braensai fo/fe/hi | braenen ni, braensen ni | braenech chi, braensech chi | braenen nhw, braensen nhw |
preterite | braenais i, braenes i | braenaist ti, braenest ti | braenodd o/e/hi | braenon ni | braenoch chi | braenon nhw |
imperative | — | braena | — | — | braenwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
braenu | fraenu | mraenu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braenu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies