graeanu

Welsh

Etymology

graean (“grit”) +‎ -u

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡreɨ̯.ˈanɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡreɨ̯.ˈa(ː)ni/
• Rhymes: -anɨ̞

Verb

graeanu (first-person singular present graeanaf)

1. to grit

Conjugation

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	graeanaf	graeeni	graeana	graeanwn	graeenwch, graeanwch	graeanant	graeenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	graeanwn	graeanit	graeanai	graeanem	graeanech	graeanent	graeenid
preterite	graeenais	graeenaist	graeanodd	graeanasom	graeanasoch	graeanasant	graeanwyd
pluperfect	graeanaswn	graeanasit	graeanasai	graeanasem	graeanasech	graeanasent	graeanasid, graeanesid
present subjunctive	graeanwyf	graeenych	graeano	graeanom	graeanoch	graeanont	graeaner
imperative	—	graeana	graeaned	graeanwn	graeenwch, graeanwch	graeanent	graeaner
verbal noun	graeanu
verbal adjectives	graeanedig graeanadwy

Conjugation (literary)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	graeana i, graeanaf i	graeani di	graeanith o/e/hi, graeaniff e/hi	graeanwn ni	graeanwch chi	graeanan nhw
conditional	graeanwn i, graeanswn i	graeanet ti, graeanset ti	graeanai fo/fe/hi, graeansai fo/fe/hi	graeanen ni, graeansen ni	graeanech chi, graeansech chi	graeanen nhw, graeansen nhw
preterite	graeanais i, graeanes i	graeanaist ti, graeanest ti	graeanodd o/e/hi	graeanon ni	graeanoch chi	graeanon nhw
imperative	—	graeana	—	—	graeanwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Conjugation (colloquial)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
graeanu	raeanu	ngraeanu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “graeanu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies