caniatáu

Welsh

Etymology

From caniad (“permission”) +‎ -áu, from can- +‎ gadael (“allow”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌkanjaˈtaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌkanjaˈtai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

caniatáu (first-person singular present caniatâf)

1. (transitive) to allow, to permit, to grant, to consent

   Synonyms: cydsynio, gadael, awdurdodi

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	caniatâf	caniatei	caniatâ	caniatawn	caniatewch	caniatânt	caniateir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	caniatawn	caniatait	caniatâi	caniataem	caniataech	caniataent	caniateid
preterite	caniateais	caniateaist	caniataodd	caniatasom	caniatasoch	caniatasant	caniatawyd
pluperfect	caniataswn	caniatasit	caniatasai	caniatasem	caniatasech	caniatasent	caniatasid, caniatesid
present subjunctive	caniatawyf	caniateych	caniatao	caniataom	caniataoch	caniataont	caniataer
imperative	—	caniatâ	caniataed	caniatawn	caniatewch	caniataent	caniataer
verbal noun	caniatáu
verbal adjectives	caniatedig caniatadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	caniatâ i	caniatai di	caniataith o/e/hi, caniataiff e/hi	caniatawn ni	caniatawch chi	caniatân nhw
conditional	caniatawn i, caniataswn i	caniataet ti, caniataset ti	caniatâi fo/fe/hi, caniatasai fo/fe/hi	caniataen ni, caniatasen ni	caniataech chi, caniatasech chi	caniataen nhw, caniatasen nhw
preterite	caniataes i	caniataest ti	caniataodd o/e/hi	caniataon ni	caniataoch chi	caniataon nhw
imperative	—	caniatâ	—	—	caniatawch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• caniatâd (“permission, consent”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caniatáu	ganiatáu	nghaniatáu	chaniatáu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.