nacáu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• 'cau

Etymology

na, nag (“not”) +‎ -áu

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /naˈkaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /naˈkai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

nacáu (first-person singular present nacâf, not mutable)

1. to refuse, deny

   Synonyms: gwrthod, pallu

   Mae'r drws yn 'cau cau.

   The door won't close.

   (literally, “The door refuses to close.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	nacâf	nacei	nacâ	nacawn	nacewch	nacânt	naceir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	nacawn	nacait	nacâi	nacaem	nacaech	nacaent	naceid
preterite	naceais	naceaist	nacaodd	nacasom	nacasoch	nacasant	nacawyd
pluperfect	nacaswn	nacasit	nacasai	nacasem	nacasech	nacasent	nacasid, nacesid
present subjunctive	nacawyf	naceych	nacao	nacaom	nacaoch	nacaont	nacaer
imperative	—	nacâ	nacaed	nacawn	nacewch	nacaent	nacaer
verbal noun	nacáu
verbal adjectives	nacedig nacadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	nacâ i	nacai di	nacaith o/e/hi, nacaiff e/hi	nacawn ni	nacawch chi	nacân nhw
conditional	nacawn i, nacaswn i	nacaet ti, nacaset ti	nacâi fo/fe/hi, nacasai fo/fe/hi	nacaen ni, nacasen ni	nacaech chi, nacasech chi	nacaen nhw, nacasen nhw
preterite	nacaes i	nacaest ti	nacaodd o/e/hi	nacaon ni	nacaoch chi	nacaon nhw
imperative	—	nacâ	—	—	nacawch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

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