gollwng
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɬʊŋ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊɬʊŋ/, /ˈɡʊɬʊn/
- Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Welsh gollwg, from Old Welsh guollung, from Proto-Brythonic *gwöllüngɨd, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-exs-lungeti.
Verb edit
gollwng (first-person singular present gollyngaf)
- to let go of, to release, to drop
- to leak (allow fluid to escape or enter)
- to dissolve (a parliament, assembly etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | gollyngaf | gollyngi | gollwng, gollynga | gollyngwn | gollyngwch | gollyngant | gollyngir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
gollyngwn | gollyngit | gollyngai | gollyngem | gollyngech | gollyngent | gollyngid | |
| preterite | gollyngais | gollyngaist | gollyngodd | gollyngasom | gollyngasoch | gollyngasant | gollyngwyd | |
| pluperfect | gollyngaswn | gollyngasit | gollyngasai | gollyngasem | gollyngasech | gollyngasent | gollyngasid, gollyngesid | |
| present subjunctive | gollyngwyf | gollyngych | gollyngo | gollyngom | gollyngoch | gollyngont | gollynger | |
| imperative | — | gollwng, gollynga | gollynged | gollyngwn | gollyngwch | gollyngent | gollynger | |
| verbal noun | gollwng | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | gollyngedig gollyngadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | gollynga i, gollyngaf i | gollyngi di | gollyngith o/e/hi, gollyngiff e/hi | gollyngwn ni | gollyngwch chi | gollyngan nhw |
| conditional | gollyngwn i, gollyngswn i | gollynget ti, gollyngset ti | gollyngai fo/fe/hi, gollyngsai fo/fe/hi | gollyngen ni, gollyngsen ni | gollyngech chi, gollyngsech chi | gollyngen nhw, gollyngsen nhw |
| preterite | gollyngais i, gollynges i | gollyngaist ti, gollyngest ti | gollyngodd o/e/hi | gollyngon ni | gollyngoch chi | gollyngon nhw |
| imperative | — | gollynga | — | — | gollyngwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Etymology 2 edit
Substantivization of the verb.
Noun edit
gollwng m (plural gollyngau)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gollwng | ollwng | ngollwng | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gollwng”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies