cymell

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kymhell, from Proto-Brythonic *kumpellɨd, from Latin compellō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəmɛɬ/
• Rhymes: -əmɛɬ

Verb

cymell (first-person singular present cymhellaf)

1. to compel, urge

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cymhellaf	cymhelli	cymhella	cymhellwn	cymhellwch	cymhellant	cymhellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cymhellwn	cymhellit	cymhellai	cymhellem	cymhellech	cymhellent	cymhellid
preterite	cymhellais	cymhellaist	cymhellodd	cymellasom	cymellasoch	cymellasant	cymhellwyd
pluperfect	cymellaswn	cymellasit	cymellasai	cymellasem	cymellasech	cymellasent	cymellasid, cymellesid
present subjunctive	cymhellwyf	cymhellych	cymhello	cymhellom	cymhelloch	cymhellont	cymheller
imperative	—	cymhella	cymhelled	cymhellwn	cymhellwch	cymhellent	cymheller
verbal noun	cymell
verbal adjectives	cymelledig cymelladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cymhella i, cymhellaf i	cymhelli di	cymhellith o/e/hi, cymhelliff e/hi	cymhellwn ni	cymhellwch chi	cymhellan nhw
conditional	cymhellwn i, cymhellswn i	cymhellet ti, cymhellset ti	cymhellai fo/fe/hi, cymhellsai fo/fe/hi	cymhellen ni, cymhellsen ni	cymhellech chi, cymhellsech chi	cymhellen nhw, cymhellsen nhw
preterite	cymhellais i, cymhelles i	cymhellaist ti, cymhellest ti	cymhellodd o/e/hi	cymhellon ni	cymhelloch chi	cymhellon nhw
imperative	—	cymhella	—	—	cymhellwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cymhellai (“wrench”)
• cymhelliant (“motivation”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cymell	gymell	nghymell	chymell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.