dylu

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɨ.lu/
  • Rhymes: -ɨlu
  • Syllabification: dy‧lu

Noun

dylu m

  1. locative/vocative singular of dyl

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dligeti (compare Old Irish dligid (“be entitled to; deserve”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰlegʰ- (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃 (dulgs, “debt”) and Old Church Slavonic длъгъ (dlŭgŭ, “debt”)).

Pronunciation

Verb

dylu (defective)

  1. ought, should

Usage notes

The verbal noun form of this defective verb is unused in the modern language, both colloquial and literary. The latest uses of the verbal given by Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru are from the 16th century.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Literary forms singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
imperfect/conditional dylwn dylit, dylet dylai dylem dylech dylent dylid
pluperfect dylswn, dylaswn dylsit, dylasit dylsai, dylasai dylsem, dylasem dylsech, dylasech dylsent, dylasent dylsid, dylasid
verbal noun dylu
verbal adjectives dyledig
dyladwy


Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
conditional dylwn i,
dylswn i		 dylet ti,
dylset ti		 dylai fo/fe/hi,
dylsai fo/fe/hi		 dylen ni,
dylsen ni		 dylech chi,
dylsech chi		 dylen nhw,
dylsen nhw

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dylu ddylu nylu 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), “dylaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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