denu
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
denu f
- Alternative form of dene
Declension edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh dynu, from Proto-Celtic *dinati.[1] Cognate with Breton denaff (“suck”), Old English delu (“nipple”), Latin fēmina (“woman”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛnɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːni/, /ˈdɛni/
Verb edit
denu (first-person singular present denaf)
- to attract
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dena i, denaf i | deni di | denith o/e/hi, deniff e/hi | denwn ni | denwch chi | denan nhw |
conditional | denwn i, denswn i | denet ti, denset ti | denai fo/fe/hi, densai fo/fe/hi | denen ni, densen ni | denech chi, densech chi | denen nhw, densen nhw |
preterite | denais i, denes i | denaist ti, denest ti | denodd o/e/hi | denon ni | denoch chi | denon nhw |
imperative | — | dena | — | — | denwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
denu | ddenu | nenu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |