dychryn

Welsh

Alternative forms

• dychrynu (verb)

Etymology

From dy- +‎ crŷn (“trembling, shaking”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdəχrɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdəχrɪn/

Verb

dychryn (first-person singular present dychrynaf)

1. (intransitive) to fear, to be frightened

   Synonyms: ofni, arswydo

2. (transitive) to frighten, to scare

   Synonym: brawychu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dychrynaf	dychryni	dychryn, dychryna	dychrynwn	dychrynwch	dychrynant	dychrynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dychrynwn	dychrynit	dychrynai	dychrynem	dychrynech	dychrynent	dychrynid
preterite	dychrynais	dychrynaist	dychrynodd	dychrynasom	dychrynasoch	dychrynasant	dychrynwyd
pluperfect	dychrynaswn	dychrynasit	dychrynasai	dychrynasem	dychrynasech	dychrynasent	dychrynasid, dychrynesid
present subjunctive	dychrynwyf	dychrynych	dychryno	dychrynom	dychrynoch	dychrynont	dychryner
imperative	—	dychryn, dychryna	dychryned	dychrynwn	dychrynwch	dychrynent	dychryner
verbal noun	dychryn
verbal adjectives	dychrynedig dychrynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dychryna i, dychrynaf i	dychryni di	dychrynith o/e/hi, dychryniff e/hi	dychrynwn ni	dychrynwch chi	dychrynan nhw
conditional	dychrynwn i, dychrynswn i	dychrynet ti, dychrynset ti	dychrynai fo/fe/hi, dychrynsai fo/fe/hi	dychrynen ni, dychrynsen ni	dychrynech chi, dychrynsech chi	dychrynen nhw, dychrynsen nhw
preterite	dychrynais i, dychrynes i	dychrynaist ti, dychrynest ti	dychrynodd o/e/hi	dychrynon ni	dychrynoch chi	dychrynon nhw
imperative	—	dychryna	—	—	dychrynwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• dychrynllyd (“frightful, terrifying”)

Noun

dychryn m (plural dychryniadau)

1. fright, terror, fear

   Synonyms: braw, arswyd, ofn

Mutation

Mutated forms of dychryn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dychryn	ddychryn	nychryn	unchanged

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