amgylchu

Welsh

Etymology

From amgylch (“circumference; perimeter”) +‎ -u.

Verb

amgylchu (first-person singular present amgylchaf)

1. to encircle, to surround
2. (mathematics) to circumscribe

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	amgylchaf	amgylchi	amgylcha	amgylchwn	amgylchwch	amgylchant	amgylchir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	amgylchwn	amgylchit	amgylchai	amgylchem	amgylchech	amgylchent	amgylchid
preterite	amgylchais	amgylchaist	amgylchodd	amgylchasom	amgylchasoch	amgylchasant	amgylchwyd
pluperfect	amgylchaswn	amgylchasit	amgylchasai	amgylchasem	amgylchasech	amgylchasent	amgylchasid, amgylchesid
present subjunctive	amgylchwyf	amgylchych	amgylcho	amgylchom	amgylchoch	amgylchont	amgylcher
imperative	—	amgylcha	amgylched	amgylchwn	amgylchwch	amgylchent	amgylcher
verbal noun	amgylchu
verbal adjectives	amgylchedig amgylchadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	amgylcha i, amgylchaf i	amgylchi di	amgylchith o/e/hi, amgylchiff e/hi	amgylchwn ni	amgylchwch chi	amgylchan nhw
conditional	amgylchwn i, amgylchswn i	amgylchet ti, amgylchset ti	amgylchai fo/fe/hi, amgylchsai fo/fe/hi	amgylchen ni, amgylchsen ni	amgylchech chi, amgylchsech chi	amgylchen nhw, amgylchsen nhw
preterite	amgylchais i, amgylches i	amgylchaist ti, amgylchest ti	amgylchodd o/e/hi	amgylchon ni	amgylchoch chi	amgylchon nhw
imperative	—	amgylcha	—	—	amgylchwch	—

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

Derived terms

• amgylchedig (“circumscribed”)
• amgylchiad (“circumstance”)
• amgylchol (“ambient, circumscribed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amgylchu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amgylchu	unchanged	unchanged	hamgylchu

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), “amgylchu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies