llyncu
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh llyncu, from Proto-Celtic *slunketi (compare Breton lonkañ).
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | llyncaf | llynci | llwnc, llynca | llyncwn | llyncwch | llyncant | llyncir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
llyncwn | llyncit | llyncai | llyncem | llyncech | llyncent | llyncid | |
| preterite | llyncais | llyncaist | llyncodd | llyncasom | llyncasoch | llyncasant | llyncwyd | |
| pluperfect | llyncaswn | llyncasit | llyncasai | llyncasem | llyncasech | llyncasent | llyncasid, llyncesid | |
| present subjunctive | llyncwyf | llyncych | llynco | llyncom | llyncoch | llyncont | llyncer | |
| imperative | — | llynca | llynced | llyncwn | llyncwch | llyncent | llyncer | |
| verbal noun | llyncu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | llyncedig llyncadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | llynca i, llyncaf i | llynci di | llyncith o/e/hi, llynciff e/hi | llyncwn ni | llyncwch chi | llyncan nhw |
| conditional | llyncwn i, llyncswn i | llyncet ti, llyncset ti | llyncai fo/fe/hi, llyncsai fo/fe/hi | llyncen ni, llyncsen ni | llyncech chi, llyncsech chi | llyncen nhw, llyncsen nhw |
| preterite | llyncais i, llynces i | llyncaist ti, llyncest ti | llyncodd o/e/hi | llyncon ni | llyncoch chi | llyncon nhw |
| imperative | — | llynca | — | — | llyncwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- llyncu mul (“to sulk”, literally “to swallow a mule”)
- llynciad (“a gulp, a swallow”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llyncu | lyncu | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llyncu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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