dymuno

Welsh

Etymology

From dym- +‎ uno (“to wish, to desire”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dəˈmɨ̞nɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dəˈmiːnɔ/, /dəˈmɪnɔ/

Verb

dymuno (first-person singular present dymunaf)

1. to wish

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dymunaf	dymuni	dymuna	dymunwn	dymunwch	dymunant	dymunir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dymunwn	dymunit	dymunai	dymunem	dymunech	dymunent	dymunid
preterite	dymunais	dymunaist	dymunodd	dymunasom	dymunasoch	dymunasant	dymunwyd
pluperfect	dymunaswn	dymunasit	dymunasai	dymunasem	dymunasech	dymunasent	dymunasid, dymunesid
present subjunctive	dymunwyf	dymunych	dymuno	dymunom	dymunoch	dymunont	dymuner
imperative	—	dymuna	dymuned	dymunwn	dymunwch	dymunent	dymuner
verbal noun	dymuno
verbal adjectives	dymunedig dymunadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dymuna i, dymunaf i	dymuni di	dymunith o/e/hi, dymuniff e/hi	dymunwn ni	dymunwch chi	dymunan nhw
conditional	dymunwn i, dymunswn i	dymunet ti, dymunset ti	dymunai fo/fe/hi, dymunsai fo/fe/hi	dymunen ni, dymunsen ni	dymunech chi, dymunsech chi	dymunen nhw, dymunsen nhw
preterite	dymunais i, dymunes i	dymunaist ti, dymunest ti	dymunodd o/e/hi	dymunon ni	dymunoch chi	dymunon nhw
imperative	—	dymuna	—	—	dymunwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• dymuniad (“wish”)
• dymunol (“desirable”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dymuno	ddymuno	nymuno	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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