nacáu
Welsh
Alternative forms
- 'cau
Etymology
na, nag (“not”) + -hau
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /naˈkaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /naˈkai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
nacáu (first-person singular present nacâf, not mutable)
- to refuse, deny
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | nacâf | nacei | nacâ | nacawn | nacewch | nacânt | naceir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | nacawn | nacait | nacâi | nacaem | nacaech | nacaent | naceid | |
| preterite | naceais | naceaist | nacaodd | nacasom | nacasoch | nacasant | nacawyd | |
| pluperfect | nacaswn | nacasit | nacasai | nacasem | nacasech | nacasent | nacasid, nacesid | |
| present subjunctive | nacawyf | naceych | nacao | nacaom | nacaoch | nacaont | nacaer | |
| imperative | — | nacâ | nacaed | nacawn | nacewch | nacaent | nacaer | |
| verbal noun | nacáu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | nacedig nacadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | nacâ i | nacai di | nacaith o/e/hi, nacaiff e/hi | nacawn ni | nacawch chi | nacân nhw |
| conditional | nacawn i, nacaswn i | nacaet ti, nacaset ti | nacâi fo/fe/hi, nacasai fo/fe/hi | nacaen ni, nacasen ni | nacaech chi, nacasech chi | nacaen nhw, nacasen nhw |
| preterite | nacaes i | nacaest ti | nacaodd o/e/hi | nacaon ni | nacaoch chi | nacaon nhw |
| imperative | — | nacâ | — | — | nacawch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nacâf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies