cylchynu

Welsh

Etymology

From cylchyn (“circle, hoop”) +‎ -u.

Verb

cylchynu (first-person singular present cylchynaf)

1. to encircle, to surround, to besiege

Conjugation

Conjugation of cylchynu (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 of cylchynu (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

• amgylchynu (“to encircle, to encompass”)
• cylchynol (“peripatetic”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cylchynu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cylchynu	gylchynu	nghylchynu	chylchynu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• 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