sychu
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsəχɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsəχi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -əχɨ̞
Verb edit
sychu (first-person singular present sychaf, not mutable)
- (transitive) to dry
- Mae rhaid i mi sychu'r llestri.
- I have to dry the dishes.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | sychaf | sychi | sych, sycha | sychwn | sychwch | sychant | sychir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
sychwn | sychit | sychai | sychem | sychech | sychent | sychid | |
preterite | sychais | sychaist | sychodd | sychasom | sychasoch | sychasant | sychwyd | |
pluperfect | sychaswn | sychasit | sychasai | sychasem | sychasech | sychasent | sychasid, sychesid | |
present subjunctive | sychwyf | sychych | sycho | sychom | sychoch | sychont | sycher | |
imperative | — | sych, sycha | syched | sychwn | sychwch | sychent | sycher | |
verbal noun | sychu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | sychedig sychadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | sycha i, sychaf i | sychi di | sychith o/e/hi, sychiff e/hi | sychwn ni | sychwch chi | sychan nhw |
conditional | sychwn i, sychswn i | sychet ti, sychset ti | sychai fo/fe/hi, sychsai fo/fe/hi | sychen ni, sychsen ni | sychech chi, sychsech chi | sychen nhw, sychsen nhw |
preterite | sychais i, syches i | sychaist ti, sychest ti | sychodd o/e/hi | sychon ni | sychoch chi | sychon nhw |
imperative | — | sycha | — | — | sychwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies