gyrru

Welsh

Etymology

From gyr (“drive, thrust; flock, drove”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

gyrru (first-person singular present gyrraf)

  1. to drive
  2. (North Wales) to send

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gyrraf gyrri gyr gyrrwn gyrrwch gyrrant gyrrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 gyrrwn gyrrit gyrrai gyrrem gyrrech gyrrent gyrrid
preterite gyrrais gyrraist gyrrodd gyrasom gyrasoch gyrasant gyrrwyd
pluperfect gyraswn gyrasit gyrasai gyrasem gyrasech gyrasent gyrasid, gyresid
present subjunctive gyrrwyf gyrrych gyrro gyrrom gyrroch gyrront gyrrer
imperative — gyr, gyrra gyrred gyrrwn gyrrwch gyrrent gyrrer
verbal noun gyrru
verbal adjectives gyredig
gyradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gyrra i, gyrraf i gyrri di gyrrith o/e/hi, gyrriff e/hi gyrrwn ni gyrrwch chi gyrran nhw
conditional gyrrwn i, gyrswn i gyrret ti, gyrset ti gyrrai fo/fe/hi, gyrsai fo/fe/hi gyrren ni, gyrsen ni gyrrech chi, gyrsech chi gyrren nhw, gyrsen nhw
preterite gyrrais i, gyrres i gyrraist ti, gyrrest ti gyrrodd o/e/hi gyrron ni gyrroch chi gyrron nhw
imperative — gyrra — — gyrrwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

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

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