cnoi
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh cnoi, cny, from Proto-Celtic *knāyeti (“to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knɔi̯/
- Rhymes: -ɔi̯
Verb
cnoi (first-person singular present cnoaf)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cnoaf | cnoi | cnoa | cnown | cnowch | cnoant | cnoir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | cnown | cnoit | cnoai | cnoem | cnoech | cnoent | cnoid | |
preterite | cnoais | cnoaist | cnôdd | cnosom | cnosoch | cnosant | cnowyd | |
pluperfect | cnoswn | cnosit | cnosai | cnosem | cnosech | cnosent | cnosid | |
present subjunctive | cnowyf | cnoych | cnô | cnôm | cnôch | cnônt | cnoer | |
imperative | — | cnoa | cnoed | cnown | cnowch | cnoent | cnoer | |
verbal noun | cnoi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cnoedig |
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cnoi | gnoi | nghnoi | chnoi |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kna-yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
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