adnabod

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh adnabot, from an adjective form related to Proto-Celtic *ati-gninati (“to know”) (compare Old Irish ad·gnin) compounded with bod (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, a nasal-infix present of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). The form adwaen is from Proto-Celtic *ati-uɸo-gninati. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /adˈnabɔd/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /adˈna(ː)bɔd/ Rhymes: -abɔd === Verb === adnabod (first-person singular present adwaen) to recognize (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter) (literary) to know (be acquainted or familiar with) Synonym: (colloquial) nabod ==== Usage notes ==== Only used of people and places, never facts. ‘To know’ a fact is gwybod. In the literary language, this verb means ‘recognize’/‘know’ (in the sense of French connaître and German kennen); in the colloquial language it means only ‘recognize’, while ‘know’ is nabod. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== adnabyddiaeth (“knowledge, acquaintance”) adnabyddus (“well-known”) cerdyn adnabod (“identity card, ID”) nabod (“to know (be acquainted or familiar with)”) (colloquial) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “adwaen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies