cnoi

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cnoi, cny, from Proto-Celtic *knāyeti (“to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

cnoi (first-person singular present cnoaf)

  1. to chew
  2. (South Wales) to bite
    Synonym: brathu
    Cnoiodd y ci y ddynes.
    The dog bit the woman.
  3. to worry

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cnoaf cnoi cnoa cnown cnowch cnoant cnoir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional cnown cnoit cnoai cnoem cnoech cnoent cnoid
preterite cnoais cnoaist cnôdd cnosom cnosoch cnosant cnowyd
pluperfect cnoswn cnosit cnosai cnosem cnosech cnosent cnosid
present subjunctive cnowyf cnoych cnô cnôm cnôch cnônt cnoer
imperative — cnoa cnoed cnown cnowch cnoent cnoer
verbal noun cnoi
verbal adjectives cnoedig

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnoi
radical soft nasal aspirate
cnoi gnoi nghnoi chnoi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kna-yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
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