trywanu
Welsh
Etymology
From try- + gwanu.
Verb
trywanu (first-person singular present trywanaf)
- to pierce, to perforate
- to stab (wound with a pointed weapon)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | trywanaf | trywani | trywana | trywanwn | trywanwch | trywanant | trywanir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | trywanwn | trywanit | trywanai | trywanem | trywanech | trywanent | trywanid | |
| preterite | trywanais | trywanaist | trywanodd | trywanasom | trywanasoch | trywanasant | trywanwyd | |
| pluperfect | trywanaswn | trywanasit | trywanasai | trywanasem | trywanasech | trywanasent | trywanasid, trywanesid | |
| present subjunctive | trywanwyf | trywanych | trywano | trywanom | trywanoch | trywanont | trywaner | |
| imperative | — | trywana | trywaned | trywanwn | trywanwch | trywanent | trywaner | |
| verbal noun | trywanu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | trywanedig trywanadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | trywana i, trywanaf i | trywani di | trywanith o/e/hi, trywaniff e/hi | trywanwn ni | trywanwch chi | trywanan nhw |
| conditional | trywanwn i, trywanswn i | trywanet ti, trywanset ti | trywanai fo/fe/hi, trywansai fo/fe/hi | trywanen ni, trywansen ni | trywanech chi, trywansech chi | trywanen nhw, trywansen nhw |
| preterite | trywanais i, trywanes i | trywanaist ti, trywanest ti | trywanodd o/e/hi | trywanon ni | trywanoch chi | trywanon nhw |
| imperative | — | trywana | — | — | trywanwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| trywanu | drywanu | nhrywanu | thrywanu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trywanu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies