cymryd

Welsh

Etymology

Stem cymer- from Proto-Brythonic *kummėrɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kombereti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom + *bʰéreti; verbal noun cymryd from Proto-Brythonic *kumrɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kombritus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəmrɨ̞d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəmrɪd/

Verb

cymryd (first-person singular present cymeraf)

1. to take, accept

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cymeraf	cymeri	cymer	cymerwn	cymerwch	cymerant	cymerir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cymerwn	cymerit	cymerai	cymerem	cymerech	cymerent	cymerid
preterite	cymerais	cymeraist	cymerodd	cymerasom	cymerasoch	cymerasant	cymerwyd
pluperfect	cymeraswn	cymerasit	cymerasai	cymerasem	cymerasech	cymerasent	cymerasid, cymeresid
present subjunctive	cymerwyf	cymerych	cymero	cymerom	cymeroch	cymeront	cymerer
imperative	—	cymer, cymera	cymered	cymerwn	cymerwch	cymerent	cymerer
verbal noun	cymryd
verbal adjectives	cymeredig cymeradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cymera i, cymeraf i	cymeri di	cymerith o/e/hi, cymeriff e/hi	cymerwn ni	cymerwch chi	cymeran nhw
conditional	cymerwn i, cymerswn i	cymeret ti, cymerset ti	cymerai fo/fe/hi, cymersai fo/fe/hi	cymeren ni, cymersen ni	cymerech chi, cymersech chi	cymeren nhw, cymersen nhw
preterite	cymerais i, cymeres i	cymeraist ti, cymerest ti	cymerodd o/e/hi	cymeron ni	cymeroch chi	cymeron nhw
imperative	—	cymera	—	—	cymerwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

• Obsolete third-person singular preterite: cymerth

Derived terms

• cymeradwy (“acceptable”)
• cymeriad (“acceptance; character, reputation”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cymryd	gymryd	nghymryd	chymryd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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