cymwynasu

Welsh

Etymology

cymwynas (“favour, kindness”) +‎ -u

Verb

cymwynasu (first-person singular present cymwynasuaf)

1. (transitive) to be kind to, to favour

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cymwynaf	cymwyni	cymwyna	cymwynwn	cymwynwch	cymwynant	cymwynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cymwynwn	cymwynit	cymwynai	cymwynem	cymwynech	cymwynent	cymwynid
preterite	cymwynais	cymwynaist	cymwynodd	cymwynasom	cymwynasoch	cymwynasant	cymwynwyd
pluperfect	cymwynaswn	cymwynasit	cymwynasai	cymwynasem	cymwynasech	cymwynasent	cymwynasid, cymwynesid
present subjunctive	cymwynwyf	cymwynych	cymwyno	cymwynom	cymwynoch	cymwynont	cymwyner
imperative	—	cymwyna	cymwyned	cymwynwn	cymwynwch	cymwynent	cymwyner
verbal noun	cymwynasu
verbal adjectives	cymwynedig cymwynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cymwyna i, cymwynaf i	cymwyni di	cymwynith o/e/hi, cymwyniff e/hi	cymwynwn ni	cymwynwch chi	cymwynan nhw
conditional	cymwynwn i, cymwynswn i	cymwynet ti, cymwynset ti	cymwynai fo/fe/hi, cymwynsai fo/fe/hi	cymwynen ni, cymwynsen ni	cymwynech chi, cymwynsech chi	cymwynen nhw, cymwynsen nhw
preterite	cymwynais i, cymwynes i	cymwynaist ti, cymwynest ti	cymwynodd o/e/hi	cymwynon ni	cymwynoch chi	cymwynon nhw
imperative	—	cymwyna	—	—	cymwynwch	—

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

Derived terms

• cymwynaswr (“benefactor”)

Further reading

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