ystyr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ystyr, from Latin historia (“story”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈəsdɨ̞r/, [ˈəstɨ̞r]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈəsdɪr/, [ˈəstɪr]

Noun

ystyr m or f (plural ystyron)

1. meaning, sense

Derived terms

• cyfystyr (“synonym”)
• diystyr (“meaningless”)
• gwrthystyr (“antonym”)

Verb

ystyr (first-person singular present ystyriaf)

1. Alternative form of ystyried

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ystyriaf	ystyri	ystyria	ystyriwn	ystyriwch	ystyriant	ystyrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ystyriwn	ystyrit	ystyriai	ystyriem	ystyriech	ystyrient	ystyrid
preterite	ystyriais	ystyriaist	ystyriodd	ystyriasom	ystyriasoch	ystyriasant	ystyriwyd
pluperfect	ystyriaswn	ystyriasit	ystyriasai	ystyriasem	ystyriasech	ystyriasent	ystyriasid, ystyriesid
present subjunctive	ystyriwyf	ystyriech	ystyrio	ystyriom	ystyrioch	ystyriont	ystyrier
imperative	—	ystyria	ystyried	ystyriwn	ystyriwch	ystyrient	ystyrier
verbal noun	ystyr
verbal adjectives	ystyriedig —

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ystyria i, ystyriaf i	ystyri di	ystyrith o/e/hi, ystyriff e/hi	ystyriwn ni	ystyriwch chi	ystyrian nhw
conditional	ystyriwn i, ystyriswn i	ystyriet ti, ystyriset ti	ystyriai fo/fe/hi, ystyrisai fo/fe/hi	ystyrien ni, ystyrisen ni	ystyriech chi, ystyrisech chi	ystyrien nhw, ystyrisen nhw
preterite	ystyriais i, ystyries i	ystyriaist ti, ystyriest ti	ystyriodd o/e/hi	ystyrion ni	ystyrioch chi	ystyrion nhw
imperative	—	ystyria	—	—	ystyriwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ystyr

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ystyr	unchanged	unchanged	hystyr

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