gwanychu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]gwanychu (first-person singular present gwanychaf)
- (intransitive) to weaken, to become weak
- (transitive) to weaken, to make weak, to enfeeble
- Synonym: dinerthu
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | gwanychaf | gwanychi | gwanycha | gwanychwn | gwanychwch | gwanychant | gwanychir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gwanychwn | gwanychit | gwanychai | gwanychem | gwanychech | gwanychent | gwanychid | |
preterite | gwanychais | gwanychaist | gwanychodd | gwanychasom | gwanychasoch | gwanychasant | gwanychwyd | |
pluperfect | gwanychaswn | gwanychasit | gwanychasai | gwanychasem | gwanychasech | gwanychasent | gwanychasid, gwanychesid | |
present subjunctive | gwanychwyf | gwanychych | gwanycho | gwanychom | gwanychoch | gwanychont | gwanycher | |
imperative | — | gwanycha | gwanyched | gwanychwn | gwanychwch | gwanychent | gwanycher | |
verbal noun | gwanychu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | gwanychedig gwanychadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | gwanycha i, gwanychaf i | gwanychi di | gwanychith o/e/hi, gwanychiff e/hi | gwanychwn ni | gwanychwch chi | gwanychan nhw |
conditional | gwanychwn i, gwanychswn i | gwanychet ti, gwanychset ti | gwanychai fo/fe/hi, gwanychsai fo/fe/hi | gwanychen ni, gwanychsen ni | gwanychech chi, gwanychsech chi | gwanychen nhw, gwanychsen nhw |
preterite | gwanychais i, gwanyches i | gwanychaist ti, gwanychest ti | gwanychodd o/e/hi | gwanychon ni | gwanychoch chi | gwanychon nhw |
imperative | — | gwanycha | — | — | gwanychwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- gwanychiad (“enfeeblement”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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gwanychu | wanychu | ngwanychu | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwanychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies