cysylltu

Welsh

Etymology

From cyswllt (“connection, union”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəˈsəɬdɨ̞/, [kʰəˈsəɬtɨ̞]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəˈsəɬdi/, [kʰəˈsəɬti]
• Rhymes: -əɬdɨ̞

Verb

cysylltu (first-person singular present cysylltaf) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to couple, to connect, to affiliate, to unite, to combine

   Synonyms: cyplysu, uno, cyfuno

2. to annex

   Synonym: cydio

3. to append

   Synonym: atodi

4. (mathematics) to add

   Synonym: adio

5. to spell

   Synonym: sillafu

6. (music) to compose

   Synonym: cyfansoddi

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cysylltaf	cysyllti	cysyllta	cysylltwn	cysylltwch	cysylltant	cysylltir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cysylltwn	cysylltit	cysylltai	cysylltem	cysylltech	cysylltent	cysylltid
preterite	cysylltais	cysylltaist	cysylltodd	cysylltasom	cysylltasoch	cysylltasant	cysylltwyd
pluperfect	cysylltaswn	cysylltasit	cysylltasai	cysylltasem	cysylltasech	cysylltasent	cysylltasid, cysylltesid
present subjunctive	cysylltwyf	cysylltych	cysyllto	cysylltom	cysylltoch	cysylltont	cysyllter
imperative	—	cysyllta	cysyllted	cysylltwn	cysylltwch	cysylltent	cysyllter
verbal noun	cysylltu
verbal adjectives	cysylltedig cysylltadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cysyllta i, cysylltaf i	cysyllti di	cysylltith o/e/hi, cysylltiff e/hi	cysylltwn ni	cysylltwch chi	cysylltan nhw
conditional	cysylltwn i, cysylltswn i	cysylltet ti, cysylltset ti	cysylltai fo/fe/hi, cysylltsai fo/fe/hi	cysyllten ni, cysylltsen ni	cysylltech chi, cysylltsech chi	cysyllten nhw, cysylltsen nhw
preterite	cysylltais i, cysylltes i	cysylltaist ti, cysylltest ti	cysylltodd o/e/hi	cysyllton ni	cysylltoch chi	cysyllton nhw
imperative	—	cysyllta	—	—	cysylltwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cysylltiad (“connection”)
• cysylltedd (“connectivity”)
• cysylltydd (“connector”)
• ymgysylltu (“to affiliate oneself”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cysylltu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cysylltu	gysylltu	nghysylltu	chysylltu

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

References

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