absennu

Welsh

Etymology

From absen (“absence”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

absennu (first-person singular present absennaf)

  1. to slander
  2. to be absent

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future absennaaf absennai absenna, absennaa absennawn absennawch absennaant absennair
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 absennawn absennait absennaai absennaem absennaech absennaent absennaid
preterite absennaais absennaaist absennaodd absennaasom absennaasoch absennaasant absennawyd
pluperfect absennaaswn absennaasit absennaasai absennaasem absennaasech absennaasent absennaasid, absennaesid
present subjunctive absennawyf absennaych absennao absennaom absennaoch absennaont absennaer
imperative — absenna, absennaa absennaed absennawn absennawch absennaent absennaer
verbal noun absennu
verbal adjectives absennaedig
absennaadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future absenna i, absennaf i absenni di absennith o/e/hi, absenniff e/hi absennwn ni absennwch chi absennan nhw
conditional absennwn i, absennswn i absennet ti, absennset ti absennai fo/fe/hi, absennsai fo/fe/hi absennen ni, absennsen ni absennech chi, absennsech chi absennen nhw, absennsen nhw
preterite absennais i, absennes i absennaist ti, absennest ti absennodd o/e/hi absennon ni absennoch chi absennon nhw
imperative — absenna — — absennwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
absennu unchanged unchanged habsennu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “absennu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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