dychmygu

Welsh

Etymology

dychymyg (“imagination, idea”) +‎ -u, from Proto-Celtic *do-ad-kom-mik-,[1] with the final element derived from Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to twinkle”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dychmygu (first-person singular present dychmygaf)

  1. to imagine

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dychmygaf dychmygi dychmyga dychmygwn dychmygwch dychmygant dychmygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 dychmygwn dychmygit dychmygai dychmygem dychmygech dychmygent dychmygid
preterite dychmygais dychmygaist dychmygodd dychmygasom dychmygasoch dychmygasant dychmygwyd
pluperfect dychmygaswn dychmygasit dychmygasai dychmygasem dychmygasech dychmygasent dychmygasid, dychmygesid
present subjunctive dychmygwyf dychmygych dychmygo dychmygom dychmygoch dychmygont dychmyger
imperative — dychmyga dychmyged dychmygwn dychmygwch dychmygent dychmyger
verbal noun dychmygu
verbal adjectives dychmygedig
dychmygadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dychmyga i, dychmygaf i dychmygi di dychmygith o/e/hi, dychmygiff e/hi dychmygwn ni dychmygwch chi dychmygan nhw
conditional dychmygwn i, dychmygswn i dychmyget ti, dychmygset ti dychmygai fo/fe/hi, dychmygsai fo/fe/hi dychmygen ni, dychmygsen ni dychmygech chi, dychmygsech chi dychmygen nhw, dychmygsen nhw
preterite dychmygais i, dychmyges i dychmygaist ti, dychmygest ti dychmygodd o/e/hi dychmygon ni dychmygoch chi dychmygon nhw
imperative — dychmyga — — dychmygwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dychmygu ddychmygu nychmygu unchanged
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), “dychmygu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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