yna
Appearance
Welsh
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[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Cornish ena and Breton ena.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]yna
- there
- At a place some distance away from the speaker
- (informal) Used expletively directly following bod (“to be”) to indicate existence without adverbial force. (Used in a similar manner to English there is etc.. Especially common in north Wales.)
- Mae 'na si ar led. ― There's a rumour abroad.
- then next
- Synonym: wedyn
- Ewch i'r chwith, yna i'r dde ac yna i'r chwith eto. ― Go left, then right and then left again.
- Ac Yna Clywodd Sŵn y Môr ― And Then He Heard the Sound of the Sea
- (informal) (in conjunction with the definite article y)
Usage notes
[edit]- In conjunction with the definite article y (yr before a vowel, 'r after a vowel), this adverb functions as a determiner would in English. Formal Welsh prefers the determiners hwnnw (“that (masculine singular)”), honno (“that (feminine singular)”) and hynny (“those (plural)”), all in conjunction with the definite article.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “yna”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies