cenna

See also: cenná, cenną, and çénn-a

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.na/
  • Rhymes: -enna
  • Hyphenation: cén‧na

Verb

cenna

  1. inflection of cennare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲen͈ə/

Noun

cenna

  1. nominative plural of cenn

Mutation

Mutation of cenna
radical lenition nasalization
cenna chenna cenna
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲen͈a]

Noun

cenna

  1. nominative plural of cenn

Mutation

Mutation of cenna
radical lenition nasalization
cenna chenna cenna
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛn.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnna
  • Syllabification: cen‧na

Adjective

cenna

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of cenny

Welsh

Etymology

From cenn (lichen) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛna/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna

Verb

cenna (first-person singular present cennaf)

  1. to gather lichen
  2. to scale, to flake
  3. to grow scaly, to grow scurfy

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cennaf cenni cenna cennwn cennwch cennant cennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
cennwn cennit cennai cennem cennech cennent cennid
preterite cennais cennaist cennodd cenasom cenasoch cenasant cennwyd
pluperfect cenaswn cenasit cenasai cenasem cenasech cenasent cenasid, cenesid
present subjunctive cennwyf cennych cenno cennom cennoch cennont cenner
imperative cenna cenned cennwn cennwch cennent cenner
verbal noun cenna
verbal adjectives cenedig
cenadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future cenna i,
cennaf i
cenni di cennith o/e/hi,
cenniff e/hi
cennwn ni cennwch chi cennan nhw
conditional cennwn i,
censwn i
cennet ti,
censet ti
cennai fo/fe/hi,
censai fo/fe/hi
cennen ni,
censen ni
cennech chi,
censech chi
cennen nhw,
censen nhw
preterite cennais i,
cennes i
cennaist ti,
cennest ti
cennodd o/e/hi cennon ni cennoch chi cennon nhw
imperative cenna cennwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cenna
radical soft nasal aspirate
cenna genna nghenna chenna

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), “cenna”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies