ysgwyd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈəsɡwɨ̞d/, [ˈəskwɨ̞d]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈəsɡwɪd/, [ˈəskwɪd]

Verb

ysgwyd (first-person singular present ysgwydaf)

1. to shake, to vibrate
2. to shake hands
3. to wag

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ysgydwaf	ysgydwi	ysgwyd, ysgydwa	ysgydwn	ysgydwch	ysgydwant	ysgydwir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ysgydwn	ysgydwit	ysgydwai	ysgydwem	ysgydwech	ysgydwent	ysgydwid
preterite	ysgydwais	ysgydwaist	ysgydwodd	ysgydwasom	ysgydwasoch	ysgydwasant	ysgydwyd
pluperfect	ysgydwaswn	ysgydwasit	ysgydwasai	ysgydwasem	ysgydwasech	ysgydwasent	ysgydwasid, ysgydwesid
present subjunctive	ysgydwyf	ysgydwych	ysgydwo	ysgydwom	ysgydwoch	ysgydwont	ysgydwer
imperative	—	ysgwyd, ysgydwa	ysgydwed	ysgydwn	ysgydwch	ysgydwent	ysgydwer
verbal noun	ysgwyd
verbal adjectives	ysgydwedig

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ysgydwa i, ysgydwaf i	ysgydwi di	ysgydwith o/e/hi, ysgydwiff e/hi	ysgydwn ni	ysgydwch chi	ysgydwan nhw
conditional	ysgydwn i, ysgydwswn i	ysgydwet ti, ysgydwset ti	ysgydwai fo/fe/hi, ysgydwsai fo/fe/hi	ysgydwen ni, ysgydwsen ni	ysgydwech chi, ysgydwsech chi	ysgydwen nhw, ysgydwsen nhw
preterite	ysgydwais i, ysgydwes i	ysgydwaist ti, ysgydwest ti	ysgydwodd o/e/hi	ysgydwon ni	ysgydwoch chi	ysgydwon nhw
imperative	—	ysgydwa	—	—	ysgydwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ysgwyd

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ysgwyd	unchanged	unchanged	hysgwyd

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