honni
French
Pronunciation
Audio (CAN) (file) - Rhymes: -i
Participle
honni (feminine honnie, masculine plural honnis, feminine plural honnies)
- past participle of honnir
Further reading
- “honni”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔnɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɔni/
- Rhymes: -ɔnɪ
Verb
honni (first-person singular present honnaf, not mutable)
- (transitive) to allege, to claim, to assert
- Synonyms: haeru, taeru
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | honnaf | honni | honna | honnwn | honnwch | honnant | honnir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | honnwn | honnit | honnai | honnem | honnech | honnent | honnid | |
| preterite | honnais | honnaist | honnodd | honasom | honasoch | honasant | honnwyd | |
| pluperfect | honaswn | honasit | honasai | honasem | honasech | honasent | honasid, honesid | |
| present subjunctive | honnwyf | honnych | honno | honnom | honnoch | honnont | honner | |
| imperative | — | honna | honned | honnwn | honnwch | honnent | honner | |
| verbal noun | honni | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | honedig honadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | honna i, honnaf i | honni di | honnith o/e/hi, honniff e/hi | honnwn ni | honnwch chi | honnan nhw |
| conditional | honnwn i, honnswn i | honnet ti, honnset ti | honnai fo/fe/hi, honnsai fo/fe/hi | honnen ni, honnsen ni | honnech chi, honnsech chi | honnen nhw, honnsen nhw |
| preterite | honnais i, honnes i | honnaist ti, honnest ti | honnodd o/e/hi | honnon ni | honnoch chi | honnon nhw |
| imperative | — | honna | — | — | honnwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- honedig (“alleged”)
- honiad (“allegation, claim”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “honni”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies