cymhwyso

Welsh

Etymology

From cymwys (“suitable, appropriate; qualified”) +‎ -o (verbnoun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəmˈhʊɨ̯sɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəmˈhʊi̯sɔ/

Verb

cymhwyso (first-person singular present cymhwysaf)

1. to adapt, to adjust, to amend, to qualify (to make suitable or appropriate)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cymhwysaf	cymhwysi	cymhwysa	cymhwyswn	cymhwyswch	cymhwysant	cymhwysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cymhwyswn	cymhwysit	cymhwysai	cymhwysem	cymhwysech	cymhwysent	cymhwysid
preterite	cymhwysais	cymhwysaist	cymhwysodd	cymhwysasom	cymhwysasoch	cymhwysasant	cymhwyswyd
pluperfect	cymhwysaswn	cymhwysasit	cymhwysasai	cymhwysasem	cymhwysasech	cymhwysasent	cymhwysasid, cymhwysesid
present subjunctive	cymhwyswyf	cymhwysych	cymhwyso	cymhwysom	cymhwysoch	cymhwysont	cymhwyser
imperative	—	cymhwysa	cymhwysed	cymhwyswn	cymhwyswch	cymhwysent	cymhwyser
verbal noun	cymhwyso
verbal adjectives	cymhwysedig cymhwysadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cymhwysa i, cymhwysaf i	cymhwysi di	cymhwysith o/e/hi, cymhwysiff e/hi	cymhwyswn ni	cymhwyswch chi	cymhwysan nhw
conditional	cymhwyswn i, cymhwysswn i	cymhwyset ti, cymhwysset ti	cymhwysai fo/fe/hi, cymhwyssai fo/fe/hi	cymhwysen ni, cymhwyssen ni	cymhwysech chi, cymhwyssech chi	cymhwysen nhw, cymhwyssen nhw
preterite	cymhwysais i, cymhwyses i	cymhwysaist ti, cymhwysest ti	cymhwysodd o/e/hi	cymhwyson ni	cymhwysoch chi	cymhwyson nhw
imperative	—	cymhwysa	—	—	cymhwyswch	—

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

Derived terms

• cymhwysiad (“adjustment, adaptation; application, use”)
• cymhwysydd (“adjuster, amender”)

Related terms

• cymhwysedd (“aptitude, competence, suitability”)
• cymhwysol (“adaptable; applied”)
• cymhwyster (“qualification”)
• cymhwystra (“eligibility, suitability; equality”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cymhwyso

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cymhwyso	gymhwyso	nghymhwyso	chymhwyso

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