mwmian

Welsh

Alternative forms

• mwmial, mwmio

Etymology

From English mum (“to make an inarticulate sound with closed lips”) +‎ -ian; the root is from Middle English mum (“silent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊmjan/

Verb

mwmian (first-person singular present mwmiaf)

1. to be mutter, to be mumble

   Synonyms: grymial, myngial

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mwmiaf	mwmi	mwmia	mwmiwn	mwmiwch	mwmiant	mwmir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	mwmiwn	mwmit	mwmiai	mwmiem	mwmiech	mwmient	mwmid
preterite	mwmiais	mwmiaist	mwmiodd	mwmiasom	mwmiasoch	mwmiasant	mwmiwyd
pluperfect	mwmiaswn	mwmiasit	mwmiasai	mwmiasem	mwmiasech	mwmiasent	mwmiasid, mwmiesid
present subjunctive	mwmiwyf	mwmiech	mwmio	mwmiom	mwmioch	mwmiont	mwmier
imperative	—	mwmia	mwmied	mwmiwn	mwmiwch	mwmient	mwmier
verbal noun	mwmian
verbal adjectives	mwmiedig mwmiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mwmia i, mwmiaf i	mwmi di	mwmith o/e/hi, mwmiff e/hi	mwmiwn ni	mwmiwch chi	mwmian nhw
conditional	mwmiwn i, mwmswn i	mwmiet ti, mwmset ti	mwmiai fo/fe/hi, mwmsai fo/fe/hi	mwmien ni, mwmsen ni	mwmiech chi, mwmsech chi	mwmien nhw, mwmsen nhw
preterite	mwmiais i, mwmies i	mwmiaist ti, mwmiest ti	mwmiodd o/e/hi	mwmion ni	mwmioch chi	mwmion nhw
imperative	—	mwmia	—	—	mwmiwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mwmian

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwmian	fwmian	unchanged	unchanged

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