tynnu

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tynnu, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨnnɨd, either from Latin tendō or from a Proto-Celtic cognate of it; either way from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“stretch, extend”). Cognate with Middle Cornish tenna, tenne, Modern Cornish tedna (“to pull”), Old Breton tinsit (“scattered, strewed”), Middle Breton tennaff, Modern Breton tennañ, Old Irish tendaid (“to press”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

tynnu (first-person singular present tynnaf)

  1. to pull, to draw
  2. to draw, to unsheath (a weapon)
  3. to take (a picture)
  4. to extract
  5. to take off, to remove
  6. (arithmetic) to subtract

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future tynnaf tynni tyn tynnwn tynnwch tynnant tynnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 tynnwn tynnit tynnai tynnem tynnech tynnent tynnid
preterite tynnais tynnaist tynnodd tynasom tynasoch tynasant tynnwyd
pluperfect tynaswn tynasit tynasai tynasem tynasech tynasent tynasid, tynesid
present subjunctive tynnwyf tynnych tynno tynnom tynnoch tynnont tynner
imperative — tyn, tynna tynned tynnwn tynnwch tynnent tynner
verbal noun tynnu
verbal adjectives tynedig
tynadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future tynna i, tynnaf i tynni di tynnith o/e/hi, tynniff e/hi tynnwn ni tynnwch chi tynnan nhw
conditional tynnwn i, tynswn i tynnet ti, tynset ti tynnai fo/fe/hi, tynsai fo/fe/hi tynnen ni, tynsen ni tynnech chi, tynsech chi tynnen nhw, tynsen nhw
preterite tynnais i, tynnes i tynnaist ti, tynnest ti tynnodd o/e/hi tynnon ni tynnoch chi tynnon nhw
imperative — tynna — — tynnwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • atynnu (“attract”, verb)
  • tight, taut, fast (adjective)[2]
  • tyniad (“drawing, pulling”)
  • tynnu cwtws (“to draw lots”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tynnu dynnu nhynnu thynnu
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), “tynnu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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