ennill

Welsh

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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ennill unchanged unchanged hennill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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