cneua

Welsh

Etymology

From cnau (“nuts”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkneɨ̯.a/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈknei̯.a/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯a

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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cneua	gneua	nghneua	chneua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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