ymollwng
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From ym- + gollwng (“to release”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /əˈmʊɬʊŋ/, /əˈmʊɬʊn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ
Verb edit
ymollwng (first-person singular present ymollyngaf)
- to fall down, to collapse, to flop
- Synonym: cwyddo
- to disintegrate
- to give way, to succumb, to yield
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | ymollyngaf | ymollyngi | ymollwng, ymollynga | ymollyngwn | ymollyngwch | ymollyngant | ymollyngir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
ymollyngwn | ymollyngit | ymollyngai | ymollyngem | ymollyngech | ymollyngent | ymollyngid | |
| preterite | ymollyngais | ymollyngaist | ymollyngodd | ymollyngasom | ymollyngasoch | ymollyngasant | ymollyngwyd | |
| pluperfect | ymollyngaswn | ymollyngasit | ymollyngasai | ymollyngasem | ymollyngasech | ymollyngasent | ymollyngasid, ymollyngesid | |
| present subjunctive | ymollyngwyf | ymollyngych | ymollyngo | ymollyngom | ymollyngoch | ymollyngont | ymollynger | |
| imperative | — | ymollwng, ymollynga | ymollynged | ymollyngwn | ymollyngwch | ymollyngent | ymollynger | |
| verbal noun | ymollwng | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | ymollyngedig ymollyngadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | ymollynga i, ymollyngaf i | ymollyngi di | ymollyngith o/e/hi, ymollyngiff e/hi | ymollyngwn ni | ymollyngwch chi | ymollyngan nhw |
| conditional | ymollyngwn i, ymollyngswn i | ymollynget ti, ymollyngset ti | ymollyngai fo/fe/hi, ymollyngsai fo/fe/hi | ymollyngen ni, ymollyngsen ni | ymollyngech chi, ymollyngsech chi | ymollyngen nhw, ymollyngsen nhw |
| preterite | ymollyngais i, ymollynges i | ymollyngaist ti, ymollyngest ti | ymollyngodd o/e/hi | ymollyngon ni | ymollyngoch chi | ymollyngon nhw |
| imperative | — | ymollynga | — | — | ymollyngwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ymollwng | unchanged | unchanged | hymollwng |
| 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), “ymollwng”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies