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cnoi

Welsh

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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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

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cnoi gnoi nghnoi chnoi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  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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