gwenu

Welsh

Etymology

From gwên (“smile”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛnɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡweːni/, /ˈɡwɛni/

Verb

gwenu (first-person singular present gwenaf)

1. to smile

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gwenaf	gweni	gwena	gwenwn	gwenwch	gwenant	gwenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gwenwn	gwenit	gwenai	gwenem	gwenech	gwenent	gwenid
preterite	gwenais	gwenaist	gwenodd	gwenasom	gwenasoch	gwenasant	gwenwyd
pluperfect	gwenaswn	gwenasit	gwenasai	gwenasem	gwenasech	gwenasent	gwenasid, gwenesid
present subjunctive	gwenwyf	gwenych	gweno	gwenom	gwenoch	gwenont	gwener
imperative	—	gwena	gwened	gwenwn	gwenwch	gwenent	gwener
verbal noun	gwenu
verbal adjectives	gwenedig gwenadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gwena i, gwenaf i	gweni di	gwenith o/e/hi, gweniff e/hi	gwenwn ni	gwenwch chi	gwenan nhw
conditional	gwenwn i, gwenswn i	gwenet ti, gwenset ti	gwenai fo/fe/hi, gwensai fo/fe/hi	gwenen ni, gwensen ni	gwenech chi, gwensech chi	gwenen nhw, gwensen nhw
preterite	gwenais i, gwenes i	gwenaist ti, gwenest ti	gwenodd o/e/hi	gwenon ni	gwenoch chi	gwenon nhw
imperative	—	gwena	—	—	gwenwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwenu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwenu	wenu	ngwenu	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwenu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies