amgylchu

Welsh

Etymology

From amgylch (“circumference; perimeter”) +‎ -u.

Verb

amgylchu (first-person singular present amgylchaf)

  1. to encircle, to surround
  2. (mathematics) to circumscribe

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future amgylchaf amgylchi amgylcha amgylchwn amgylchwch amgylchant amgylchir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 amgylchwn amgylchit amgylchai amgylchem amgylchech amgylchent amgylchid
preterite amgylchais amgylchaist amgylchodd amgylchasom amgylchasoch amgylchasant amgylchwyd
pluperfect amgylchaswn amgylchasit amgylchasai amgylchasem amgylchasech amgylchasent amgylchasid, amgylchesid
present subjunctive amgylchwyf amgylchych amgylcho amgylchom amgylchoch amgylchont amgylcher
imperative — amgylcha amgylched amgylchwn amgylchwch amgylchent amgylcher
verbal noun amgylchu
verbal adjectives amgylchedig
amgylchadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future amgylcha i, amgylchaf i amgylchi di amgylchith o/e/hi, amgylchiff e/hi amgylchwn ni amgylchwch chi amgylchan nhw
conditional amgylchwn i, amgylchswn i amgylchet ti, amgylchset ti amgylchai fo/fe/hi, amgylchsai fo/fe/hi amgylchen ni, amgylchsen ni amgylchech chi, amgylchsech chi amgylchen nhw, amgylchsen nhw
preterite amgylchais i, amgylches i amgylchaist ti, amgylchest ti amgylchodd o/e/hi amgylchon ni amgylchoch chi amgylchon nhw
imperative — amgylcha — — amgylchwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
amgylchu unchanged unchanged hamgylchu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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