cymryd

Welsh

Etymology

Stem cymer- from Proto-Brythonic *kummėrɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kombereti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom + *bʰéreti; verbal noun cymryd from Proto-Brythonic *kumrɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kombritus.

Pronunciation

Verb

cymryd (first-person singular present cymeraf)

  1. to take, accept

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cymeraf cymeri cymer cymerwn cymerwch cymerant cymerir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 cymerwn cymerit cymerai cymerem cymerech cymerent cymerid
preterite cymerais cymeraist cymerodd cymerasom cymerasoch cymerasant cymerwyd
pluperfect cymeraswn cymerasit cymerasai cymerasem cymerasech cymerasent cymerasid, cymeresid
present subjunctive cymerwyf cymerych cymero cymerom cymeroch cymeront cymerer
imperative — cymer, cymera cymered cymerwn cymerwch cymerent cymerer
verbal noun cymryd
verbal adjectives cymeredig
cymeradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future cymera i, cymeraf i cymeri di cymerith o/e/hi, cymeriff e/hi cymerwn ni cymerwch chi cymeran nhw
conditional cymerwn i, cymerswn i cymeret ti, cymerset ti cymerai fo/fe/hi, cymersai fo/fe/hi cymeren ni, cymersen ni cymerech chi, cymersech chi cymeren nhw, cymersen nhw
preterite cymerais i, cymeres i cymeraist ti, cymerest ti cymerodd o/e/hi cymeron ni cymeroch chi cymeron nhw
imperative — cymera — — cymerwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
  • Obsolete third-person singular preterite: cymerth

Derived terms
  • cymeradwy (“acceptable”)
  • cymeriad (“acceptance; character, reputation”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cymryd gymryd nghymryd chymryd
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), “cymeraf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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