llyncu

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llyncu, from Proto-Celtic *slunketi (compare Breton lonkañ).

Verb

llyncu (first-person singular present llyncaf)

1. (transitive) to swallow

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	llyncaf	llynci	llwnc, llynca	llyncwn	llyncwch	llyncant	llyncir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	llyncwn	llyncit	llyncai	llyncem	llyncech	llyncent	llyncid
preterite	llyncais	llyncaist	llyncodd	llyncasom	llyncasoch	llyncasant	llyncwyd
pluperfect	llyncaswn	llyncasit	llyncasai	llyncasem	llyncasech	llyncasent	llyncasid, llyncesid
present subjunctive	llyncwyf	llyncych	llynco	llyncom	llyncoch	llyncont	llyncer
imperative	—	llynca	llynced	llyncwn	llyncwch	llyncent	llyncer
verbal noun	llyncu
verbal adjectives	llyncedig llyncadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	llynca i, llyncaf i	llynci di	llyncith o/e/hi, llynciff e/hi	llyncwn ni	llyncwch chi	llyncan nhw
conditional	llyncwn i, llyncswn i	llyncet ti, llyncset ti	llyncai fo/fe/hi, llyncsai fo/fe/hi	llyncen ni, llyncsen ni	llyncech chi, llyncsech chi	llyncen nhw, llyncsen nhw
preterite	llyncais i, llynces i	llyncaist ti, llyncest ti	llyncodd o/e/hi	llyncon ni	llyncoch chi	llyncon nhw
imperative	—	llynca	—	—	llyncwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• llyncu mul (“to sulk”, literally “to swallow a mule”)
• llynciad (“a gulp, a swallow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llyncu	lyncu	unchanged	unchanged
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), “llyncu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies