dylu
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dylu m
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *dligeti (compare Old Irish dligid (“be entitled to; deserve”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰlegʰ- (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃 (dulgs, “debt”) and Old Church Slavonic длъгъ (dlŭgŭ, “debt”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdəlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdəli/
Verb edit
dylu (defective)
Usage notes edit
The verbal noun form of this defective verb is unused in the modern language, both colloquial and literary. The latest uses of the verbal given by Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru are from the 16th century.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation
| Literary forms | singular | plural | impersonal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| imperfect/conditional | dylwn | dylit, dylet | dylai | dylem | dylech | dylent | dylid |
| pluperfect | dylswn, dylaswn | dylsit, dylasit | dylsai, dylasai | dylsem, dylasem | dylsech, dylasech | dylsent, dylasent | dylsid, dylasid |
| verbal noun | dylu | ||||||
| verbal adjectives | dyledig dyladwy | ||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| conditional | dylwn i, dylswn i |
dylet ti, dylset ti |
dylai fo/fe/hi, dylsai fo/fe/hi |
dylen ni, dylsen ni |
dylech chi, dylsech chi |
dylen nhw, dylsen nhw |
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dylu | ddylu | nylu | 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), “dylaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies