syllta

Welsh

Etymology

From swllt (“shilling”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəɬda/, [ˈsəɬta]
• Rhymes: -əɬda

Verb

syllta (first-person singular present sylltaf, not mutable)

1. to beg for shillings

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	sylltaf	syllti	syllta	sylltwn	sylltwch	sylltant	sylltir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	sylltwn	sylltit	sylltai	sylltem	sylltech	sylltent	sylltid
preterite	sylltais	sylltaist	sylltodd	sylltasom	sylltasoch	sylltasant	sylltwyd
pluperfect	sylltaswn	sylltasit	sylltasai	sylltasem	sylltasech	sylltasent	sylltasid, sylltesid
present subjunctive	sylltwyf	sylltych	syllto	sylltom	sylltoch	sylltont	syllter
imperative	—	syllta	syllted	sylltwn	sylltwch	sylltent	syllter
verbal noun	syllta
verbal adjectives	sylltedig sylltadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	syllta i, sylltaf i	syllti di	sylltith o/e/hi, sylltiff e/hi	sylltwn ni	sylltwch chi	sylltan nhw
conditional	sylltwn i, sylltswn i	sylltet ti, sylltset ti	sylltai fo/fe/hi, sylltsai fo/fe/hi	syllten ni, sylltsen ni	sylltech chi, sylltsech chi	syllten nhw, sylltsen nhw
preterite	sylltais i, sylltes i	sylltaist ti, sylltest ti	sylltodd o/e/hi	syllton ni	sylltoch chi	syllton nhw
imperative	—	syllta	—	—	sylltwch	—

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “syllta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies