llnau
Welsh
Alternative forms
- (South Wales, colloquial) clau
- (standard) glanhau
Etymology
Clipping of glanhau.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬnaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬnai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
llnau (first-person singular present llneuaf)
- (North Wales, colloquial) to clean
Conjugation
| inflected colloquial forms |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | llneua i, llneuaf i |
llneui di | llneuith o/e/hi, llneuiff e/hi |
llneuwn ni | llneuwch chi | llneuan nhw |
| conditional | llneuwn i, llneuswn i |
llneuet ti, llneuset ti |
llneuai fo/fe/hi, llneusai fo/fe/hi |
llneuen ni, llneusen ni |
llneuech chi, llneusech chi |
llneuen nhw, llneusen nhw |
| preterite | llneuais i, llneues i |
llneuaist ti, llneuest ti |
llneuodd o/e/hi | llneuon ni | llneuoch chi | llneuon nhw |
| imperative | — | llneua | — | — | llneuwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| llnau | lnau | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llnau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies