llnau
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
- (South Wales, colloquial) clau
- (standard) glanhau
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬnaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬnai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb edit
llnau (first-person singular present llneuaf)
- (North Wales, colloquial) to clean
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | llneua i, llneuaf i | llneui di | llneuith o/e/hi, llneuiff e/hi | llneuwn ni | llneuwch chi | llneuan nhw |
| conditional | llneuwn i, llneuswn i | llneuet ti, llneuset ti | llneuai fo/fe/hi, llneusai fo/fe/hi | llneuen ni, llneusen ni | llneuech chi, llneusech chi | llneuen nhw, llneusen nhw |
| preterite | llneuais i, llneues i | llneuaist ti, llneuest ti | llneuodd o/e/hi | llneuon ni | llneuoch chi | llneuon nhw |
| imperative | — | llneua | — | — | llneuwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llnau | lnau | unchanged | 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), “llnau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies