From braen + -u. Cognate with Cornish breyna, Breton breinañ.
braenu (first-person singular present braenaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | braenaf | braeni | braena | braenwn | braenwch | braenant | braenir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
braenwn | braenit | braenai | braenem | braenech | braenent | braenid | |
preterite | braenais | braenaist | braenodd | braenasom | braenasoch | braenasant | braenwyd | |
pluperfect | braenaswn | braenasit | braenasai | braenasem | braenasech | braenasent | braenasid, braenesid | |
present subjunctive | braenwyf | braenych | braeno | braenom | braenoch | braenont | braener | |
imperative | — | braena | braened | braenwn | braenwch | braenent | braener | |
verbal noun | braenu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | braenedig braenadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | braena i, braenaf i | braeni di | braenith o/e/hi, braeniff e/hi | braenwn ni | braenwch chi | braenan nhw |
conditional | braenwn i, braenswn i | braenet ti, braenset ti | braenai fo/fe/hi, braensai fo/fe/hi | braenen ni, braensen ni | braenech chi, braensech chi | braenen nhw, braensen nhw |
preterite | braenais i, braenes i | braenaist ti, braenest ti | braenodd o/e/hi | braenon ni | braenoch chi | braenon nhw |
imperative | — | braena | — | — | braenwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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braenu | fraenu | mraenu | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braenu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies