cymhlethu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cymhleth (“complicated”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəmˈhlɛθɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəmˈhlɛθi/
Verb
[edit]cymhlethu (first-person singular present cymhlethaf)
- (transitive) to complicate
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cymhlethaf | cymhlethi | cymhletha | cymhlethwn | cymhlethwch | cymhlethant | cymhlethir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cymhlethwn | cymhlethit | cymhlethai | cymhlethem | cymhlethech | cymhlethent | cymhlethid | |
| preterite | cymhlethais | cymhlethaist | cymhlethodd | cymhlethasom | cymhlethasoch | cymhlethasant | cymhlethwyd | |
| pluperfect | cymhlethaswn | cymhlethasit | cymhlethasai | cymhlethasem | cymhlethasech | cymhlethasent | cymhlethasid, cymhlethesid | |
| present subjunctive | cymhlethwyf | cymhlethych | cymhletho | cymhlethom | cymhlethoch | cymhlethont | cymhlether | |
| imperative | — | cymhletha | cymhlethed | cymhlethwn | cymhlethwch | cymhlethent | cymhlether | |
| verbal noun | cymhlethu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cymhlethedig cymhlethadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cymhletha i, cymhlethaf i | cymhlethi di | cymhlethith o/e/hi, cymhlethiff e/hi | cymhlethwn ni | cymhlethwch chi | cymhlethan nhw |
| conditional | cymhlethwn i, cymhlethswn i | cymhlethet ti, cymhlethset ti | cymhlethai fo/fe/hi, cymhlethsai fo/fe/hi | cymhlethen ni, cymhlethsen ni | cymhlethech chi, cymhlethsech chi | cymhlethen nhw, cymhlethsen nhw |
| preterite | cymhlethais i, cymhlethes i | cymhlethaist ti, cymhlethest ti | cymhlethodd o/e/hi | cymhlethon ni | cymhlethoch chi | cymhlethon nhw |
| imperative | — | cymhletha | — | — | cymhlethwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| cymhlethu | gymhlethu | nghymhlethu | chymhlethu |
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), “cymhlethu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies