cynio

Welsh

Etymology

cŷn (“chisel”) +‎ -io.

Verb

cynio (first-person singular present cyniaf)

1. (North Wales) to chisel

   Synonym: (South Wales) geingio

2. to wedge

   Synonym: lletemu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cyniaf	cynni	cyni, cynia	cyniwn	cynniwch, cyniwch	cyniant	cynnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	cyniwn	cynnit	cyniai	cyniem	cyniech	cynient	cynnid
preterite	cynniais	cynniaist	cyniodd	cyniasom	cyniasoch	cyniasant	cyniwyd
pluperfect	cyniaswn	cyniasit	cyniasai	cyniasem	cyniasech	cyniasent	cyniasid, cyniesid
present subjunctive	cyniwyf	cynniech	cynio	cyniom	cynioch	cyniont	cynier
imperative	—	cyni, cynia	cynied	cyniwn	cynniwch, cyniwch	cynient	cynier
verbal noun	cynio
verbal adjectives	cyniedig cyniadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cynia i, cyniaf i	cyni di	cynith o/e/hi, cyniff e/hi	cyniwn ni	cyniwch chi	cynian nhw
conditional	cyniwn i, cynswn i	cyniet ti, cynset ti	cyniai fo/fe/hi, cynsai fo/fe/hi	cnuchien ni, cynsen ni	cyniech chi, cynsech chi	cynien nhw, cynsen nhw
preterite	cyniais i, cynies i	cyniaist ti, cyniest ti	cyniodd o/e/hi	cynion ni	cynioch chi	cynion nhw
imperative	—	cynia	—	—	cyniwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cynio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cynio	gynio	nghynio	chynio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cynio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cynio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies