mwmian
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom English mum (“to make an inarticulate sound with closed lips”) + -ian; the root is from Middle English mum (“silent”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmwmian (first-person singular present mwmiaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | mwmiaf | mwmi | mwmia | mwmiwn | mwmiwch | mwmiant | mwmir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | mwmiwn | mwmit | mwmiai | mwmiem | mwmiech | mwmient | mwmid | |
preterite | mwmiais | mwmiaist | mwmiodd | mwmiasom | mwmiasoch | mwmiasant | mwmiwyd | |
pluperfect | mwmiaswn | mwmiasit | mwmiasai | mwmiasem | mwmiasech | mwmiasent | mwmiasid, mwmiesid | |
present subjunctive | mwmiwyf | mwmiech | mwmio | mwmiom | mwmioch | mwmiont | mwmier | |
imperative | — | mwmia | mwmied | mwmiwn | mwmiwch | mwmient | mwmier | |
verbal noun | mwmian | |||||||
verbal adjectives | mwmiedig mwmiadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | mwmia i, mwmiaf i | mwmi di | mwmith o/e/hi, mwmiff e/hi | mwmiwn ni | mwmiwch chi | mwmian nhw |
conditional | mwmiwn i, mwmswn i | mwmiet ti, mwmset ti | mwmiai fo/fe/hi, mwmsai fo/fe/hi | mwmien ni, mwmsen ni | mwmiech chi, mwmsech chi | mwmien nhw, mwmsen nhw |
preterite | mwmiais i, mwmies i | mwmiaist ti, mwmiest ti | mwmiodd o/e/hi | mwmion ni | mwmioch chi | mwmion nhw |
imperative | — | mwmia | — | — | mwmiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
mwmian | fwmian | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mwmian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies