crychu

Welsh

Etymology

From crych (“wrinkle”) +‎ u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrəχɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrəχi/
• Rhymes: -əχɨ̞

Verb

crychu (first-person singular present crychaf)

1. to ripple

   Synonyms: tonni, crychdonni

2. to wrinkle, to shrivel
3. to make wrinkly, to crimp, to curl

   Synonyms: rhychu, modrwyo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	crychaf	crychi	crych, crycha	crychwn	crychwch	crychant	crychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	crychwn	crychit	crychai	crychem	crychech	crychent	crychid
preterite	crychais	crychaist	crychodd	crychasom	crychasoch	crychasant	crychwyd
pluperfect	crychaswn	crychasit	crychasai	crychasem	crychasech	crychasent	crychasid, crychesid
present subjunctive	crychwyf	crychych	crycho	crychom	crychoch	crychont	crycher
imperative	—	crych, crycha	cryched	crychwn	crychwch	crychent	crycher
verbal noun	crychu
verbal adjectives	crychedig crychadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	crycha i, crychaf i	crychi di	crychith o/e/hi, crychiff e/hi	crychwn ni	crychwch chi	crychan nhw
conditional	crychwn i, crychswn i	crychet ti, crychset ti	crychai fo/fe/hi, crychsai fo/fe/hi	crychen ni, crychsen ni	crychech chi, crychsech chi	crychen nhw, crychsen nhw
preterite	crychais i, cryches i	crychaist ti, crychest ti	crychodd o/e/hi	crychon ni	crychoch chi	crychon nhw
imperative	—	crycha	—	—	crychwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• crychiad (“a shrivelling; curling disease of plants”)
• crychu'r aeliau (“to knit one's eyebrows”)
• llinyn crychu (“drawstring”)

Further reading

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