rhwymo

Welsh

Etymology

From rhwym (“bond”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ʊɨ̯mɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ʊi̯mɔ/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯mɔ

Verb

rhwymo (first-person singular present rhwymaf)

1. to bind, to tie
2. to bandage, to swathe
3. to bind (a book)
4. to bind, to oblige
5. to become constipated, constipate

   Synonyms: bolrwymo, caledu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhwymaf	rhwymi	rhwyma	rhwymwn	rhwymwch	rhwymant	rhwymir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhwymwn	rhwymit	rhwymai	rhwymem	rhwymech	rhwyment	rhwymid
preterite	rhwymais	rhwymaist	rhwymodd	rhwymasom	rhwymasoch	rhwymasant	rhwymwyd
pluperfect	rhwymaswn	rhwymasit	rhwymasai	rhwymasem	rhwymasech	rhwymasent	rhwymasid, rhwymesid
present subjunctive	rhwymwyf	rhwymych	rhwymo	rhwymom	rhwymoch	rhwymont	rhwymer
imperative	—	rhwyma	rhwymed	rhwymwn	rhwymwch	rhwyment	rhwymer
verbal noun	rhwymo
verbal adjectives	rhwymedig rhwymadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhwyma i, rhwymaf i	rhwymi di	rhwymith o/e/hi, rhwymiff e/hi	rhwymwn ni	rhwymwch chi	rhwyman nhw
conditional	rhwymwn i, rhwymswn i	rhwymet ti, rhwymset ti	rhwymai fo/fe/hi, rhwymsai fo/fe/hi	rhwymen ni, rhwymsen ni	rhwymech chi, rhwymsech chi	rhwymen nhw, rhwymsen nhw
preterite	rhwymais i, rhwymes i	rhwymaist ti, rhwymest ti	rhwymodd o/e/hi	rhwymon ni	rhwymoch chi	rhwymon nhw
imperative	—	rhwyma	—	—	rhwymwch	—

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

Derived terms

• bolrwymo (“to constipate”)
• rhwymiad (“binding”)
• rhwymwr (“binder, book-binder”)
• rhwymydd (“binder”)
• ymrwymo (“to commit oneself, to bind oneself”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhwymo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhwymo	rwymo	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

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