erbyn

Vilamovian

Noun

erbyn ?

1. (plural only) heirs

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh erbyn, from Proto-Brythonic *ar bɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *ɸare kʷennūi (“in front of the head”). Essentially equivalent to ar + pen, but with the umlaut due to the Proto-Celtic inflection.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrbɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrbɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛrbɨ̞n

Preposition

erbyn

1. by (not later than)

Derived terms

• erbyn hyn (“by this time, by now”)
• erbyn hynny (“by that time, by then”)

Conjunction

erbyn

1. by the time that

Derived terms

• yn erbyn (“against”)

Verb

erbyn (first-person singular present erbynaf)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of derbyn

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	erbyniaf	erbynni	erbyn	erbyniwn	erbyniwch	erbyniant	erbynnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	erbyniwn	erbynit	erbyniai	erbyniem	erbyniech	erbynient	erbynid
preterite	erbyniais	erbyniaist	erbyniodd	erbyniasom	erbyniasoch	erbyniasant	erbyniwyd
pluperfect	erbyniaswn	erbyniasit	erbyniasai	erbyniasem	erbyniasech	erbyniasent	erbyniasid, erbyniesid
present subjunctive	erbyniwyf	erbyniech	erbynio	erbyniom	erbynioch	erbyniont	erbynier
imperative	—	erbynia	erbynied	erbyniwn	erbyniwch	erbynient	erbynier
verbal noun	erbyn
verbal adjectives	— erbyniadwy

Derived terms

• cyferbynnu (“to contrast, to oppose”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “erbyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies