nacáu

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • 'cau

Etymology

na, nag (“not”) +‎ -áu

Pronunciation

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
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
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