ymaflyd

Welsh

Etymology

Clipping of ymafaelyd (“seize, grasp”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əˈmavlɨ̞d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əˈmavlɪd/

Verb

ymaflyd (first-person singular present ymaflaf)

1. to seize, to grasp
2. to grapple, to wrestle

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymaflaf	ymefli	ymeifl	ymaflwn	ymeflwch, ymaflwch	ymaflant	ymeflir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ymaflwn	ymaflit	ymaflai	ymaflem	ymaflech	ymaflent	ymeflid
preterite	ymeflais	ymeflaist	ymaflodd	ymaflasom	ymaflasoch	ymaflasant	ymaflwyd
pluperfect	ymaflaswn	ymaflasit	ymaflasai	ymaflasem	ymaflasech	ymaflasent	ymaflasid, ymaflesid
present subjunctive	ymaflwyf	ymeflych	ymaflo	ymaflom	ymafloch	ymaflont	ymafler
imperative	—	ymafla	ymafled	ymaflwn	ymeflwch, ymaflwch	ymaflent	ymafler
verbal noun	ymaflyd
verbal adjectives	ymafledig ymafladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymafla i, ymaflaf i	ymafli di	ymaflith o/e/hi, ymafliff e/hi	ymaflwn ni	ymaflwch chi	ymaflan nhw
conditional	ymaflwn i, ymaflswn i	ymaflet ti, ymaflset ti	ymaflai fo/fe/hi, ymaflsai fo/fe/hi	ymaflen ni, ymaflsen ni	ymaflech chi, ymaflsech chi	ymaflen nhw, ymaflsen nhw
preterite	ymaflais i, ymafles i	ymaflaist ti, ymaflest ti	ymaflodd o/e/hi	ymaflon ni	ymafloch chi	ymaflon nhw
imperative	—	ymafla	—	—	ymaflwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• ymaflyd codwm (“to wrestle”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ymaflyd	unchanged	unchanged	hymaflyd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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