cynnau

Welsh

From Middle Welsh kynneu, from Proto-Brythonic *kund Proto-Celtic *kondauyeti, prefixed from *dauyeti (“to kindle, burn”) (modern deifio). More at deifio.

(North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkənaɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkənɛ/, /ˈkəna/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkənai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkənɛ/, /ˈkɪnɛ/, /ˈkɪni/

cynnau (first-person singular present cyneuaf)

Conjugation (literary)
	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	cyneuaf	cyneui	cynnau, cyneua	cyneuwn	cyneuwch	cyneuant	cyneuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cyneuwn	cyneuit	cyneuai	cyneuem	cyneuech	cyneuent	cyneuid
preterite	cyneuais	cyneuaist	cyneuodd	cyneuasom	cyneuasoch	cyneuasant	cyneuwyd
pluperfect	cyneuaswn	cyneuasit	cyneuasai	cyneuasem	cyneuasech	cyneuasent	cyneuasid, cyneuesid
present subjunctive	cyneuwyf	cyneuych	cyneuo	cyneuom	cyneuoch	cyneuont	cyneuer
imperative	—	cyneua	cyneued	cyneuwn	cyneuwch	cyneuent	cyneuer

verbal noun	cynnau
verbal adjectives	cyneuedig

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cyneua i, cyneuaf i	cyneui di	cyneuith o/e/hi, cyneuiff e/hi	cyneuwn ni	cyneuwch chi	cyneuan nhw
conditional	cyneuwn i, cyneuswn i	cyneuet ti, cyneuset ti	cyneuai fo/fe/hi, cyneusai fo/fe/hi	cyneuen ni, cyneusen ni	cyneuech chi, cyneusech chi	cyneuen nhw, cyneusen nhw
preterite	cyneuais i, cyneues i	cyneuaist ti, cyneuest ti	cyneuodd o/e/hi	cyneuon ni	cyneuoch chi	cyneuon nhw
imperative	—	cyneua	—	—	cyneuwch	—

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

Mutated forms of *cynnau*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cynnau	gynnau	nghynnau	chynnau

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