caniatáu

Welsh

Etymology

From caniad (“permission”) +‎ -áu, from can- +‎ gadael (“allow”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

caniatáu (first-person singular present caniatâf)

  1. (transitive) to allow, to permit, to grant, to consent
    Synonyms: cydsynio, gadael, awdurdodi

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future caniatâf caniatei caniatâ caniatawn caniatewch caniatânt caniateir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional caniatawn caniatait caniatâi caniataem caniataech caniataent caniateid
preterite caniateais caniateaist caniataodd caniatasom caniatasoch caniatasant caniatawyd
pluperfect caniataswn caniatasit caniatasai caniatasem caniatasech caniatasent caniatasid, caniatesid
present subjunctive caniatawyf caniateych caniatao caniataom caniataoch caniataont caniataer
imperative — caniatâ caniataed caniatawn caniatewch caniataent caniataer
verbal noun caniatáu
verbal adjectives caniatedig
caniatadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future caniatâ i caniatai di caniataith o/e/hi, caniataiff e/hi caniatawn ni caniatawch chi caniatân nhw
conditional caniatawn i, caniataswn i caniataet ti, caniataset ti caniatâi fo/fe/hi, caniatasai fo/fe/hi caniataen ni, caniatasen ni caniataech chi, caniatasech chi caniataen nhw, caniatasen nhw
preterite caniataes i caniataest ti caniataodd o/e/hi caniataon ni caniataoch chi caniataon nhw
imperative — caniatâ — — caniatawch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
caniatáu ganiatáu nghaniatáu chaniatáu
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), “caniatáu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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