cneua

Welsh

Etymology

From cnau (nuts) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Verb

cneua (first-person singular present cneuaf)

  1. to gather nuts

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cneuaf cneui cneua cneuwn cneuwch cneuant cneuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
cneuwn cneuit cneuai cneuem cneuech cneuent cneuid
preterite cneuais cneuaist cneuodd cneuasom cneuasoch cneuasant cneuwyd
pluperfect cneuaswn cneuasit cneuasai cneuasem cneuasech cneuasent cneuasid, cneuesid
present subjunctive cneuwyf cneuych cneuo cneuom cneuoch cneuont cneuer
imperative cneua cneued cneuwn cneuwch cneuent cneuer
verbal noun cneua
verbal adjectives cneuedig
cneuadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future cneua i,
cneuaf i
cneui di cneuith o/e/hi,
cneuiff e/hi
cneuwn ni cneuwch chi cneuan nhw
conditional cneuwn i,
cneuswn i
cneuet ti,
cneuset ti
cneuai fo/fe/hi,
cneusai fo/fe/hi
cneuen ni,
cneusen ni
cneuech chi,
cneusech chi
cneuen nhw,
cneusen nhw
preterite cneuais i,
cneues i
cneuaist ti,
cneuest ti
cneuodd o/e/hi cneuon ni cneuoch chi cneuon nhw
imperative cneua cneuwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cneua
radical soft nasal aspirate
cneua gneua nghneua chneua

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