cnoi

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knɔi̯/
• Rhymes: -ɔi̯

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

• cnofa (“bite, gnawing”)
• cnofil (“rodent”)

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.