glynu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glinati, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”). Equivalent to glŷn (“sticking, adhering”) +‎ -u. Cognate with Cornish glena, Middle Breton en-glenaff and Old Irish glenaid.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlənɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləni/

Verb

glynu (first-person singular present glynaf)

1. to stick, adhere

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	glynaf	glyni	glŷn, glyna	glynwn	glynwch	glynant	glynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	glynwn	glynit	glynai	glynem	glynech	glynent	glynid
preterite	glynais	glynaist	glynodd	glynasom	glynasoch	glynasant	glynwyd
pluperfect	glynaswn	glynasit	glynasai	glynasem	glynasech	glynasent	glynasid, glynesid
present subjunctive	glynwyf	glynych	glyno	glynom	glynoch	glynont	glyner
imperative	—	glyna	glyned	glynwn	glynwch	glynent	glyner
verbal noun	glynu
verbal adjectives	glynedig glynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	glyna i, glynaf i	glyni di	glynith o/e/hi, glyniff e/hi	glynwn ni	glynwch chi	glynan nhw
conditional	glynwn i, glynswn i	glynet ti, glynset ti	glynai fo/fe/hi, glynsai fo/fe/hi	glynen ni, glynsen ni	glynech chi, glynsech chi	glynen nhw, glynsen nhw
preterite	glynais i, glynes i	glynaist ti, glynest ti	glynodd o/e/hi	glynon ni	glynoch chi	glynon nhw
imperative	—	glyna	—	—	glynwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glynu	lynu	nglynu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.