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

• colli

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