cymell

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kymhell, from Proto-Brythonic *kumpellɨd, from Latin compellō.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkəmɛɬ/
  • Rhymes: -əmɛɬ

Verb

cymell (first-person singular present cymhellaf)

  1. to compel, urge

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cymhellaf cymhelli cymhella cymhellwn cymhellwch cymhellant cymhellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 cymhellwn cymhellit cymhellai cymhellem cymhellech cymhellent cymhellid
preterite cymhellais cymhellaist cymhellodd cymellasom cymellasoch cymellasant cymhellwyd
pluperfect cymellaswn cymellasit cymellasai cymellasem cymellasech cymellasent cymellasid, cymellesid
present subjunctive cymhellwyf cymhellych cymhello cymhellom cymhelloch cymhellont cymheller
imperative — cymhella cymhelled cymhellwn cymhellwch cymhellent cymheller
verbal noun cymell
verbal adjectives cymelledig
cymelladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future cymhella i, cymhellaf i cymhelli di cymhellith o/e/hi, cymhelliff e/hi cymhellwn ni cymhellwch chi cymhellan nhw
conditional cymhellwn i, cymhellswn i cymhellet ti, cymhellset ti cymhellai fo/fe/hi, cymhellsai fo/fe/hi cymhellen ni, cymhellsen ni cymhellech chi, cymhellsech chi cymhellen nhw, cymhellsen nhw
preterite cymhellais i, cymhelles i cymhellaist ti, cymhellest ti cymhellodd o/e/hi cymhellon ni cymhelloch chi cymhellon nhw
imperative — cymhella — — cymhellwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • cymhellai (“wrench”)
  • cymhelliant (“motivation”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cymell gymell nghymell chymell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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