ymollwng

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- +‎ gollwng (“to release”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /əˈmʊɬʊŋ/, /əˈmʊɬʊn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ

Verb

ymollwng (first-person singular present ymollyngaf)

1. to fall down, to collapse, to flop

   Synonym: cwyddo

2. to disintegrate
3. to give way, to succumb, to yield

Conjugation

Conjugation of ymollwng (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymollyngaf	ymollyngi	ymollwng, ymollynga	ymollyngwn	ymollyngwch	ymollyngant	ymollyngir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ymollyngwn	ymollyngit	ymollyngai	ymollyngem	ymollyngech	ymollyngent	ymollyngid
preterite	ymollyngais	ymollyngaist	ymollyngodd	ymollyngasom	ymollyngasoch	ymollyngasant	ymollyngwyd
pluperfect	ymollyngaswn	ymollyngasit	ymollyngasai	ymollyngasem	ymollyngasech	ymollyngasent	ymollyngasid, ymollyngesid
present subjunctive	ymollyngwyf	ymollyngych	ymollyngo	ymollyngom	ymollyngoch	ymollyngont	ymollynger
imperative	—	ymollwng, ymollynga	ymollynged	ymollyngwn	ymollyngwch	ymollyngent	ymollynger
verbal noun	ymollwng
verbal adjectives	ymollyngedig ymollyngadwy

Conjugation of ymollwng (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymollynga i, ymollyngaf i	ymollyngi di	ymollyngith o/e/hi, ymollyngiff e/hi	ymollyngwn ni	ymollyngwch chi	ymollyngan nhw
conditional	ymollyngwn i, ymollyngswn i	ymollynget ti, ymollyngset ti	ymollyngai fo/fe/hi, ymollyngsai fo/fe/hi	ymollyngen ni, ymollyngsen ni	ymollyngech chi, ymollyngsech chi	ymollyngen nhw, ymollyngsen nhw
preterite	ymollyngais i, ymollynges i	ymollyngaist ti, ymollyngest ti	ymollyngodd o/e/hi	ymollyngon ni	ymollyngoch chi	ymollyngon nhw
imperative	—	ymollynga	—	—	ymollyngwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymollwng

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ymollwng	unchanged	unchanged	hymollwng

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

References

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