syllu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• syllio

Etymology

From Middle Welsh syllu (“to stare”), from Proto-Celtic *stillom (“look”), of uncertain ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsəɬɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsəɬi/

Verb

syllu (first-person singular present syllaf, not mutable)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to gaze, stare (at)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	syllaf	sylli	sylla	syllwn	syllwch	syllant	syllir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	syllwn	syllit	syllai	syllem	syllech	syllent	syllid
preterite	syllais	syllaist	syllodd	syllasom	syllasoch	syllasant	syllwyd
pluperfect	syllaswn	syllasit	syllasai	syllasem	syllasech	syllasent	syllasid, syllesid
present subjunctive	syllwyf	syllych	syllo	syllom	sylloch	syllont	syller
imperative	—	sylla	sylled	syllwn	syllwch	syllent	syller
verbal noun	syllu
verbal adjectives	sylledig sylladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	sylla i, syllaf i	sylli di	syllith o/e/hi, sylliff e/hi	syllwn ni	syllwch chi	syllan nhw
conditional	syllwn i, syllswn i	syllet ti, syllset ti	syllai fo/fe/hi, syllsai fo/fe/hi	syllen ni, syllsen ni	syllech chi, syllsech chi	syllen nhw, syllsen nhw
preterite	syllais i, sylles i	syllaist ti, syllest ti	syllodd o/e/hi	syllon ni	sylloch chi	syllon nhw
imperative	—	sylla	—	—	syllwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• arsyllu (“observe”, verb)
• sylliad m (“gaze”)
• syllwr m (“gazer”)

Related terms

• gwersyll (“camp”)

Further reading

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