acennu

Welsh

Etymology

From acen (“accent”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈkɛnɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈkɛni/

Verb

acennu (first-person singular present acennaf)

1. to accentuate, to stress

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	acennaf	acenni	acenna	acennwn	acennwch	acennant	acennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	acennwn	acennit	acennai	acennem	acennech	acennent	acennid
preterite	acennais	acennaist	acennodd	acenasom	acenasoch	acenasant	acennwyd
pluperfect	acenaswn	acenasit	acenasai	acenasem	acenasech	acenasent	acenasid, acenesid
present subjunctive	acennwyf	acennych	acenno	acennom	acennoch	acennont	acenner
imperative	—	acenna	acenned	acennwn	acennwch	acennent	acenner
verbal noun	acennu
verbal adjectives	acenedig acenadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	acenna i, acennaf i	acenni di	acennith o/e/hi, acenniff e/hi	acennwn ni	acennwch chi	acennan nhw
conditional	acennwn i, acennswn i	acennet ti, acennset ti	acennai fo/fe/hi, acennsai fo/fe/hi	acennen ni, acennsen ni	acennech chi, acennsech chi	acennen nhw, acennsen nhw
preterite	acennais i, acennes i	acennaist ti, acennest ti	acennodd o/e/hi	acennon ni	acennoch chi	acennon nhw
imperative	—	acenna	—	—	acennwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• aceniad (“accentuation, stress”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of acennu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
acennu	unchanged	unchanged	hacennu

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