clymu

Welsh

Etymology

From cwlwm (“knot, tie”) +‎ -u. Cognate with Cornish kelmi, Breton koulmañ.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkləmɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkləmi/
• Rhymes: -əmɨ̞

Verb

clymu (first-person singular present clymaf)

1. to knot, tie, bind

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	clymaf	clymi	clyma	clymwn	clymwch	clymant	clymir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	clymwn	clymit	clymai	clymem	clymech	clyment	clymid
preterite	clymais	clymaist	clymodd	clymasom	clymasoch	clymasant	clymwyd
pluperfect	clymaswn	clymasit	clymasai	clymasem	clymasech	clymasent	clymasid, clymesid
present subjunctive	clymwyf	clymych	clymo	clymom	clymoch	clymont	clymer
imperative	—	clyma	clymed	clymwn	clymwch	clyment	clymer
verbal noun	clymu
verbal adjectives	clymedig clymadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	clyma i, clymaf i	clymi di	clymith o/e/hi, clymiff e/hi	clymwn ni	clymwch chi	clyman nhw
conditional	clymwn i, clymswn i	clymet ti, clymset ti	clymai fo/fe/hi, clymsai fo/fe/hi	clymen ni, clymsen ni	clymech chi, clymsech chi	clymen nhw, clymsen nhw
preterite	clymais i, clymes i	clymaist ti, clymest ti	clymodd o/e/hi	clymon ni	clymoch chi	clymon nhw
imperative	—	clyma	—	—	clymwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clymu	glymu	nghlymu	chlymu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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