mwyngloddio

Welsh

Etymology

mwyn (“mine”) +‎ cloddio (“dig, delve”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)mʊɨ̯ŋˈɡlɔðjɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)mʊi̯ŋˈɡlɔðjɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔðjɔ

Verb

mwyngloddio (first-person singular present mwyngloddiaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to mine

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mwyngloddiaf	mwyngloddii	mwyngloddia	mwyngloddiwn	mwyngloddiwch	mwyngloddiant	mwyngloddiir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mwyngloddiwn	mwyngloddiit	mwyngloddiai	mwyngloddiem	mwyngloddiech	mwyngloddient	mwyngloddiid
preterite	mwyngloddiais	mwyngloddiaist	mwyngloddiodd	mwyngloddiasom	mwyngloddiasoch	mwyngloddiasant	mwyngloddiwyd
pluperfect	mwyngloddiaswn	mwyngloddiasit	mwyngloddiasai	mwyngloddiasem	mwyngloddiasech	mwyngloddiasent	mwyngloddiasid, mwyngloddiesid
present subjunctive	mwyngloddiwyf	mwyngloddiych	mwyngloddio	mwyngloddiom	mwyngloddioch	mwyngloddiont	mwyngloddier
imperative	—	mwyngloddia	mwyngloddied	mwyngloddiwn	mwyngloddiwch	mwyngloddient	mwyngloddier
verbal noun	mwyngloddio
verbal adjectives	mwyngloddiedig mwyngloddiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mwyngloddia i, mwyngloddiaf i	mwyngloddi di	mwyngloddith o/e/hi, mwyngloddiff e/hi	mwyngloddiwn ni	mwyngloddiwch chi	mwyngloddian nhw
conditional	mwyngloddiwn i, mwyngloddiswn i	mwyngloddiet ti, mwyngloddiset ti	mwyngloddiai fo/fe/hi, mwyngloddisai fo/fe/hi	mwyngloddien ni, mwyngloddisen ni	mwyngloddiech chi, mwyngloddisech chi	mwyngloddien nhw, mwyngloddisen nhw
preterite	mwyngloddiais i, mwyngloddies i	mwyngloddiaist ti, mwyngloddiest ti	mwyngloddiodd o/e/hi	mwyngloddion ni	mwyngloddioch chi	mwyngloddion nhw
imperative	—	mwyngloddia	—	—	mwyngloddiwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• mwyngloddiaeth f (“mining science”)
• mwyngloddiwr m (“miner”)

Related terms

• mwynglawdd m (“mine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mwyngloddio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwyngloddio	fwyngloddio	unchanged	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), “mwyngloddio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies