llonni

Welsh

Etymology

From llon (“merry, glad, cheerful”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɔnɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɔni/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɪ

Verb

llonni (first-person singular present llonnaf)

1. to cheer, to gladden, to delight

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	llonnaf	llonni	-	llonnwn	llonnwch	llonnant	llonnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	llonnwn	llonnit	llonnai	llonnem	llonnech	llonnent	llonnid
preterite	llonnais	llonnaist	llonnodd	llonasom	llonasoch	llonasant	llonnwyd
pluperfect	llonaswn	llonasit	llonasai	llonasem	llonasech	llonasent	llonasid, llonesid
present subjunctive	llonnwyf	llonnych	llonno	llonnom	llonnoch	llonnont	llonner
imperative	—	llonna	llonned	llonnwn	llonnwch	llonnent	llonner
verbal noun	llonni
verbal adjectives	llonedig llonadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	llonna i, llonnaf i	llonni di	llonnith o/e/hi, llonniff e/hi	llonnwn ni	llonnwch chi	llonnan nhw
conditional	llonnwn i, llonswn i	llonnet ti, llonset ti	llonnai fo/fe/hi, llonsai fo/fe/hi	llonnen ni, llonsen ni	llonnech chi, llonsech chi	llonnen nhw, llonsen nhw
preterite	llonnais i, llonnes i	llonnaist ti, llonnest ti	llonnodd o/e/hi	llonnon ni	llonnoch chi	llonnon nhw
imperative	—	llonna	—	—	llonnwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• adlonni (“to entertain”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llonni	lonni	unchanged	unchanged
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), “llonni”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies