ennill

Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪɬ/

Noun

ennill m (plural enillion)

  1. gain, profit, lucre
  2. (in the plural) earnings, proceeds, revenue

Verb

ennill (first-person singular present enillaf)

  1. win, best
  2. gain, get, acquire, obtain
  3. earn, attain

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future enillaf enilli ennill enillwn enillwch enillant enillir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		enillwn enillit enillai enillem enillech enillent enillid
preterite enillais enillaist enillodd enillasom enillasoch enillasant enillwyd
pluperfect enillaswn enillasit enillasai enillasem enillasech enillasent enillasid, enillesid
present subjunctive enillwyf enillych enillo enillom enilloch enillont eniller
imperative — ennill, enilla enilled enillwn enillwch enillent eniller
verbal noun ennill
verbal adjectives enilledig
enilladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future enilla i,
enillaf i 		enilli di enillith o/e/hi,
enilliff e/hi 		enillwn ni enillwch chi enillan nhw
conditional enillwn i,
enillswn i 		enillet ti,
enillset ti 		enillai fo/fe/hi,
enillsai fo/fe/hi 		enillen ni,
enillsen ni 		enillech chi,
enillsech chi 		enillen nhw,
enillsen nhw
preterite enillais i,
enilles i 		enillaist ti,
enillest ti 		enillodd o/e/hi enillon ni enilloch chi enillon nhw
imperative — enilla — — enillwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • adennill (“regain, recover”)
  • enilliad (“victory”)
  • enillwr (“winner”)
  • enillydd (“winner”)
  • ennill cylalaf (“capital gain”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ennill
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ennill unchanged unchanged hennill

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

References

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