ymgolli

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- (reflexive prefix) +‎ colli (“to lose”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əmˈɡɔɬɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əmˈɡɔɬi/

Verb

ymgolli (first-person singular present ymgollaf)

1. to lose oneself, to be engrossed

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymgollaf	ymgolli	ymgolla	ymgollwn	ymgollwch	ymgollant	ymgollir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ymgollwn	ymgollit	ymgollai	ymgollem	ymgollech	ymgollent	ymgollid
preterite	ymgollais	ymgollaist	ymgollodd	ymgollasom	ymgollasoch	ymgollasant	ymgollwyd
pluperfect	ymgollaswn	ymgollasit	ymgollasai	ymgollasem	ymgollasech	ymgollasent	ymgollasid, ymgollesid
present subjunctive	ymgollwyf	ymgollych	ymgollo	ymgollom	ymgolloch	ymgollont	ymgoller
imperative	—	ymgolla	ymgolled	ymgollwn	ymgollwch	ymgollent	ymgoller
verbal noun	ymgolli
verbal adjectives	ymgolledig ymgolladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymgolla i, ymgollaf i	ymgolli di	ymgollith o/e/hi, ymgolliff e/hi	ymgollwn ni	ymgollwch chi	ymgollan nhw
conditional	ymgollwn i, ymgollswn i	ymgollet ti, ymgollset ti	ymgollai fo/fe/hi, ymgollsai fo/fe/hi	ymgollen ni, ymgollsen ni	ymgollech chi, ymgollsech chi	ymgollen nhw, ymgollsen nhw
preterite	ymgollais i, ymgolles i	ymgollaist ti, ymgollest ti	ymgollodd o/e/hi	ymgollon ni	ymgolloch chi	ymgollon nhw
imperative	—	ymgolla	—	—	ymgollwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ymgolli	unchanged	unchanged	hymgolli
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), “ymgolli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies