cylchynu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cylchyn (“circle, hoop”) + -u.
Verb
[edit]cylchynu (first-person singular present cylchynaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cylchynaf | cylchyni | cylchyna | cylchynwn | cylchynwch | cylchynant | cylchynir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cylchynwn | cylchynit | cylchynai | cylchynem | cylchynech | cylchynent | cylchynid | |
| preterite | cylchynais | cylchynaist | cylchynodd | cylchynasom | cylchynasoch | cylchynasant | cylchynwyd | |
| pluperfect | cylchynaswn | cylchynasit | cylchynasai | cylchynasem | cylchynasech | cylchynasent | cylchynasid, cylchynesid | |
| present subjunctive | cylchynwyf | cylchynych | cylchyno | cylchynom | cylchynoch | cylchynont | cylchyner | |
| imperative | — | cylchyna | cylchyned | cylchynwn | cylchynwch | cylchynent | cylchyner | |
| verbal noun | cylchynu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cylchynedig cylchynadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cylchyna i, cylchynaf i | cylchyni di | cylchynith o/e/hi, cylchyniff e/hi | cylchynwn ni | cylchynwch chi | cylchynan nhw |
| conditional | cylchynwn i, cylchynswn i | cylchynet ti, cylchynset ti | cylchynai fo/fe/hi, cylchynsai fo/fe/hi | cylchynen ni, cylchynsen ni | cylchynech chi, cylchynsech chi | cylchynen nhw, cylchynsen nhw |
| preterite | cylchynais i, cylchynes i | cylchynaist ti, cylchynest ti | cylchynodd o/e/hi | cylchynon ni | cylchynoch chi | cylchynon nhw |
| imperative | — | cylchyna | — | — | cylchynwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- amgylchynu (“to encircle, to encompass”)
- cylchynol (“peripatetic”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cylchynu | gylchynu | nghylchynu | chylchynu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cylchynu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies