cymylu

Welsh

Etymology

From cwmwl (“cloud”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəˈməlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəˈməli/
• Rhymes: -əlɨ̞

Verb

cymylu (first-person singular present cymylaf)

1. to cloud, to cloud over, to become overcast
2. to overshadow, to obscure

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cymylaf	cymyli	cymyla	cymylwn	cymylwch	cymylant	cymylir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cymylwn	cymylit	cymylai	cymylem	cymylech	cymylent	cymylid
preterite	cymylais	cymylaist	cymylodd	cymylasom	cymylasoch	cymylasant	cymylwyd
pluperfect	cymylaswn	cymylasit	cymylasai	cymylasem	cymylasech	cymylasent	cymylasid, cymylesid
present subjunctive	cymylwyf	cymylych	cymylo	cymylom	cymyloch	cymylont	cymyler
imperative	—	cymyla	cymyled	cymylwn	cymylwch	cymylent	cymyler
verbal noun	cymylu
verbal adjectives	cymyledig cymyladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cymyla i, cymylaf i	cymyli di	cymylith o/e/hi, cymyliff e/hi	cymylwn ni	cymylwch chi	cymylan nhw
conditional	cymylwn i, cymylswn i	cymylet ti, cymylset ti	cymylai fo/fe/hi, cymylsai fo/fe/hi	cymylen ni, cymylsen ni	cymylech chi, cymylsech chi	cymylen nhw, cymylsen nhw
preterite	cymylais i, cymyles i	cymylaist ti, cymylest ti	cymylodd o/e/hi	cymylon ni	cymyloch chi	cymylon nhw
imperative	—	cymyla	—	—	cymylwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cymylu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cymylu	gymylu	nghymylu	chymylu

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