mwynhau

Welsh

Etymology

From mwyn (“mild”) +‎ -hau.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mʊɨ̯nˈhaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mʊi̯nˈhai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

mwynhau (first-person singular present mwynhaf)

1. enjoy (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mwynhaf	mwynhei	mwynha	mwynhawn	mwynhewch	mwynhânt	mwynheir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	mwynhawn	mwynhait	mwynhâi	mwynhaem	mwynhaech	mwynhaent	mwynheid
preterite	mwynheais	mwynheaist	mwynhaodd	mwynhasom	mwynhasoch	mwynhasant	mwynhawyd
pluperfect	mwynhaswn	mwynhasit	mwynhasai	mwynhasem	mwynhasech	mwynhasent	mwynhasid, mwynhesid
present subjunctive	mwynhawyf	mwynheych	mwynhao	mwynhaom	mwynhaoch	mwynhaont	mwynhaer
imperative	—	mwynha	mwynhaed	mwynhawn	mwynhewch	mwynhaent	mwynhaer
verbal noun	mwynhau
verbal adjectives	—

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mwynheua i, mwynheuaf i	mwynheui di	mwynheuith o/e/hi, mwynheuiff e/hi	mwynheuwn ni	mwynheuwch chi	mwynheuan nhw
conditional	mwynheuwn i, mwynheuswn i	mwynheuet ti, mwynheuset ti	mwynheuai fo/fe/hi, mwynheusai fo/fe/hi	mwynheuen ni, mwynheusen ni	mwynheuech chi, mwynheusech chi	mwynheuen nhw, mwynheusen nhw
preterite	mwynheuais i, mwynheues i	mwynheuaist ti, mwynheuest ti	mwynheuodd o/e/hi	mwynheuon ni	mwynheuoch chi	mwynheuon nhw
imperative	—	mwynheua	—	—	mwynheuwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwynhau	fwynhau	unchanged	unchanged
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), “mwynhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies