dymchwel

Welsh

Alternative forms

• dymchwelyd

Etymology

dym- (“circum-, ambi-”) +‎ chwêl (“turn”)

Verb

dymchwel (first-person singular present dymchwelaf)

1. (transitive) to overturn, to overthrow

   Synonyms: taflu i lawr, bwrw i lawr, ymchwelyd

2. (transitive) to demolish

   Synonyms: dinistrio, malurio

3. (archaic, literary, transitive) to turn over

   Synonyms: moelyd, troi drosodd, troi o chwith

4. (archaic, literary, intransitive) to overturn, to fall upside down

   Synonyms: troi drosodd, cwympo, syrthio, disgyn

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dymchwelaf	dymchweli	dymchwel, dymchwela	dymchwelwn	dymchwelwch	dymchwelant	dymchwelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dymchwelwn	dymchwelit	dymchwelai	dymchwelem	dymchwelech	dymchwelent	dymchwelid
preterite	dymchwelais	dymchwelaist	dymchwelodd	dymchwelasom	dymchwelasoch	dymchwelasant	dymchwelwyd
pluperfect	dymchwelaswn	dymchwelasit	dymchwelasai	dymchwelasem	dymchwelasech	dymchwelasent	dymchwelasid, dymchwelesid
present subjunctive	dymchwelwyf	dymchwelych	dymchwelo	dymchwelom	dymchweloch	dymchwelont	dymchweler
imperative	—	dymchwel, dymchwela	dymchweled	dymchwelwn	dymchwelwch	dymchwelent	dymchweler
verbal noun	dymchwel
verbal adjectives	dymchweledig dymchweladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dymchwela i, dymchwelaf i	dymchweli di	dymchwelith o/e/hi, dymchweliff e/hi	dymchwelwn ni	dymchwelwch chi	dymchwelan nhw
conditional	dymchwelwn i, dymchwelswn i	dymchwelet ti, dymchwelset ti	dymchwelai fo/fe/hi, dymchwelsai fo/fe/hi	dymchwelen ni, dymchwelsen ni	dymchwelech chi, dymchwelsech chi	dymchwelen nhw, dymchwelsen nhw
preterite	dymchwelais i, dymchweles i	dymchwelaist ti, dymchwelest ti	dymchwelodd o/e/hi	dymchwelon ni	dymchweloch chi	dymchwelon nhw
imperative	—	dymchwela	—	—	dymchwelwch	—

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

Related terms

• chwelydr (“plough's mouldboard”)
• dychwelyd (“to return”)
• ymchwelyd (“to turn back, to turn over”)

Further reading

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