cenna

See also: cenną and çénn-a

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.na/
  • Rhymes: -enna
  • Hyphenation: cén‧na

Verb

cenna

  1. inflection of cennare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Middle Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲen͈ə/

Noun

cenna

  1. nominative plural of cenn

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cennachennacenna
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲen͈a]

Noun

cenna

  1. nominative plural of cenn

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cenna chenna cenna
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛn.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnna
  • Syllabification: cen‧na

Adjective

cenna

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of cenny

Welsh

Etymology

From cenn (“lichen”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛna/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna

Verb

cenna (first-person singular present cennaf)

  1. to gather lichen
  2. to scale, to flake
  3. to grow scaly, to grow scurfy

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cennaf cenni cenna cennwn cennwch cennant cennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 cennwn cennit cennai cennem cennech cennent cennid
preterite cennais cennaist cennodd cenasom cenasoch cenasant cennwyd
pluperfect cenaswn cenasit cenasai cenasem cenasech cenasent cenasid, cenesid
present subjunctive cennwyf cennych cenno cennom cennoch cennont cenner
imperative — cenna cenned cennwn cennwch cennent cenner
verbal noun cenna
verbal adjectives cenedig
cenadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future cenna i, cennaf i cenni di cennith o/e/hi, cenniff e/hi cennwn ni cennwch chi cennan nhw
conditional cennwn i, censwn i cennet ti, censet ti cennai fo/fe/hi, censai fo/fe/hi cennen ni, censen ni cennech chi, censech chi cennen nhw, censen nhw
preterite cennais i, cennes i cennaist ti, cennest ti cennodd o/e/hi cennon ni cennoch chi cennon nhw
imperative — cenna — — cennwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cenna genna nghenna chenna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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