chwenychu

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /χwɛˈnəχɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /χwɛˈnəχi/

Verb

chwenychu (first-person singular present chwenychaf, not mutable)

1. to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	chwenychaf	chwenychi	chwennych, chwenycha	chwenychwn	chwenychwch	chwenychant	chwenychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	chwenychwn	chwenychit	chwenychai	chwenychem	chwenychech	chwenychent	chwenychid
preterite	chwenychais	chwenychaist	chwenychodd	chwenychasom	chwenychasoch	chwenychasant	chwenychwyd
pluperfect	chwenychaswn	chwenychasit	chwenychasai	chwenychasem	chwenychasech	chwenychasent	chwenychasid, chwenychesid
present subjunctive	chwenychwyf	chwenychych	chwenycho	chwenychom	chwenychoch	chwenychont	chwenycher
imperative	—	chwennych, chwenycha	chwenyched	chwenychwn	chwenychwch	chwenychent	chwenycher
verbal noun	chwenychu
verbal adjectives	chwenychedig chwenychadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	chwenycha i, chwenychaf i	chwenychi di	chwenychith o/e/hi, chwenychiff e/hi	chwenychwn ni	chwenychwch chi	chwenychan nhw
conditional	chwenychwn i, chwenychswn i	chwenychet ti, chwenychset ti	chwenychai fo/fe/hi, chwenychsai fo/fe/hi	chwenychen ni, chwenychsen ni	chwenychech chi, chwenychsech chi	chwenychen nhw, chwenychsen nhw
preterite	chwenychais i, chwenyches i	chwenychaist ti, chwenychest ti	chwenychodd o/e/hi	chwenychon ni	chwenychoch chi	chwenychon nhw
imperative	—	chwenycha	—	—	chwenychwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

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