glanhau
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
- (South Wales, colloquial) clau
- (North Wales, colloquial) llnau
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡlanˈhaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡlanˈhai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb edit
glanhau (first-person singular present glanhaf)
- to clean
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | glanhaf | glanhei | glanha | glanhawn | glanhewch | glanhânt | glanheir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | glanhawn | glanhait | glanhâi | glanhaem | glanhaech | glanhaent | glanheid | |
| preterite | glanheais | glanheaist | glanhaodd | glanhasom | glanhasoch | glanhasant | glanhawyd | |
| pluperfect | glanhaswn | glanhasit | glanhasai | glanhasem | glanhasech | glanhasent | glanhasid, glanhesid | |
| present subjunctive | glanhawyf | glanheych | glanhao | glanhaom | glanhaoch | glanhaont | glanhaer | |
| imperative | — | glanha | glanhaed | glanhawn | glanhewch | glanhaent | glanhaer | |
| verbal noun | glanhau | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | — | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | glanheua i, glanheuaf i | glanheui di | glanheuith o/e/hi, glanheuiff e/hi | glanheuwn ni | glanheuwch chi | glanheuan nhw |
| conditional | glanheuwn i, glanheuswn i | glanheuet ti, glanheuset ti | glanheuai fo/fe/hi, glanheusai fo/fe/hi | glanheuen ni, glanheusen ni | glanheuech chi, glanheusech chi | glanheuen nhw, glanheusen nhw |
| preterite | glanheuais i, glanheues i | glanheuaist ti, glanheuest ti | glanheuodd o/e/hi | glanheuon ni | glanheuoch chi | glanheuon nhw |
| imperative | — | glanheua | — | — | glanheuwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| glanhau | lanhau | nglanhau | 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), “glanhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies