amrywio
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]amryw (“various, diverse, different”, adj) + -io
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /amˈrɪu̯jɔ/, /amˈrɨu̯jɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /amˈrɪu̯jɔ/
Usage notes
[edit]Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".
Verb
[edit]amrywio (first-person singular present amrywiaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | amrywiaf | amrywi | amrywi, amrywia | amrywiwn | amrywiwch | amrywiant | amrywir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | amrywiwn | amrywit | amrywiai | amrywiem | amrywiech | amrywient | amrywid | |
| preterite | amrywiais | amrywiaist | amrywiodd | amrywiasom | amrywiasoch | amrywiasant | amrywiwyd | |
| pluperfect | amrywiaswn | amrywiasit | amrywiasai | amrywiasem | amrywiasech | amrywiasent | amrywiasid, amrywiesid | |
| present subjunctive | amrywiwyf | amrywiech | amrywio | amrywiom | amrywioch | amrywiont | amrywier | |
| imperative | — | amrywi, amrywia | amrywied | amrywiwn | amrywiwch | amrywient | amrywier | |
| verbal noun | amrywio | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | amrywiedig amrywiadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | amrywia i, amrywiaf i | amrywi di | amrywith o/e/hi, amrywiff e/hi | amrywiwn ni | amrywiwch chi | amrywian nhw |
| conditional | amrywiwn i, amrywswn i | amrywiet ti, amrywset ti | amrywiai fo/fe/hi, amrywsai fo/fe/hi | amrywien ni, amrywsen ni | amrywiech chi, amrywsech chi | amrywien nhw, amrywsen nhw |
| preterite | amrywiais i, amrywies i | amrywiaist ti, amrywiest ti | amrywiodd o/e/hi | amrywion ni | amrywioch chi | amrywion nhw |
| imperative | — | amrywia | — | — | amrywiwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| amrywio | unchanged | unchanged | hamrywio |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amrywiaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies