ymaflyd
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of ymafaelyd (“seize, grasp”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmavlɨ̞d/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmavlɪd/
Verb edit
ymaflyd (first-person singular present ymaflaf)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | ymaflaf | ymefli | ymeifl | ymaflwn | ymeflwch, ymaflwch | ymaflant | ymeflir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
ymaflwn | ymaflit | ymaflai | ymaflem | ymaflech | ymaflent | ymeflid | |
| preterite | ymeflais | ymeflaist | ymaflodd | ymaflasom | ymaflasoch | ymaflasant | ymaflwyd | |
| pluperfect | ymaflaswn | ymaflasit | ymaflasai | ymaflasem | ymaflasech | ymaflasent | ymaflasid, ymaflesid | |
| present subjunctive | ymaflwyf | ymeflych | ymaflo | ymaflom | ymafloch | ymaflont | ymafler | |
| imperative | — | ymafla | ymafled | ymaflwn | ymeflwch, ymaflwch | ymaflent | ymafler | |
| verbal noun | ymaflyd | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | ymafledig ymafladwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | ymafla i, ymaflaf i | ymafli di | ymaflith o/e/hi, ymafliff e/hi | ymaflwn ni | ymaflwch chi | ymaflan nhw |
| conditional | ymaflwn i, ymaflswn i | ymaflet ti, ymaflset ti | ymaflai fo/fe/hi, ymaflsai fo/fe/hi | ymaflen ni, ymaflsen ni | ymaflech chi, ymaflsech chi | ymaflen nhw, ymaflsen nhw |
| preterite | ymaflais i, ymafles i | ymaflaist ti, ymaflest ti | ymaflodd o/e/hi | ymaflon ni | ymafloch chi | ymaflon nhw |
| imperative | — | ymafla | — | — | ymaflwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms edit
- ymaflyd codwm (“to wrestle”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ymaflyd | unchanged | unchanged | hymaflyd |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ymaflyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies