cyplysu

Welsh

Etymology

From cwplws (“coupling”) +‎ -u (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəpˈləsɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəpˈləsi/

Verb

cyplysu (first-person singular present cyplysaf)

1. to couple, to join

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cyplysaf	cyplysi	cyplysa	cyplyswn	cyplyswch	cyplysant	cyplysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cyplyswn	cyplysit	cyplysai	cyplysem	cyplysech	cyplysent	cyplysid
preterite	cyplysais	cyplysaist	cyplysodd	cyplysasom	cyplysasoch	cyplysasant	cyplyswyd
pluperfect	cyplysaswn	cyplysasit	cyplysasai	cyplysasem	cyplysasech	cyplysasent	cyplysasid, cyplysesid
present subjunctive	cyplyswyf	cyplysych	cyplyso	cyplysom	cyplysoch	cyplysont	cyplyser
imperative	—	cyplysa	cyplysed	cyplyswn	cyplyswch	cyplysent	cyplyser
verbal noun	cyplysu
verbal adjectives	cyplysedig cyplysadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cyplysa i, cyplysaf i	cyplysi di	cyplysith o/e/hi, cyplysiff e/hi	cyplyswn ni	cyplyswch chi	cyplysan nhw
conditional	cyplyswn i, cyplysswn i	cyplyset ti, cyplysset ti	cyplysai fo/fe/hi, cyplyssai fo/fe/hi	cyplysen ni, cyplyssen ni	cyplysech chi, cyplyssech chi	cyplysen nhw, cyplyssen nhw
preterite	cyplysais i, cyplyses i	cyplysaist ti, cyplysest ti	cyplysodd o/e/hi	cyplyson ni	cyplysoch chi	cyplyson nhw
imperative	—	cyplysa	—	—	cyplyswch	—

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

Derived terms

• cyplysnod (“hyphen”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cyplysu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cyplysu	gyplysu	nghyplysu	chyplysu

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