glynu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glinati,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”).[2] Equivalent to glŷn (“sticking, adhering”) +‎ -u. Cognate with Cornish glena, Middle Breton en-glenaff and Old Irish glenaid.

Pronunciation

Verb

glynu (first-person singular present glynaf)

  1. to stick, adhere

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future glynaf glyni glŷn, glyna glynwn glynwch glynant glynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 glynwn glynit glynai glynem glynech glynent glynid
preterite glynais glynaist glynodd glynasom glynasoch glynasant glynwyd
pluperfect glynaswn glynasit glynasai glynasem glynasech glynasent glynasid, glynesid
present subjunctive glynwyf glynych glyno glynom glynoch glynont glyner
imperative — glyna glyned glynwn glynwch glynent glyner
verbal noun glynu
verbal adjectives glynedig
glynadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future glyna i, glynaf i glyni di glynith o/e/hi, glyniff e/hi glynwn ni glynwch chi glynan nhw
conditional glynwn i, glynswn i glynet ti, glynset ti glynai fo/fe/hi, glynsai fo/fe/hi glynen ni, glynsen ni glynech chi, glynsech chi glynen nhw, glynsen nhw
preterite glynais i, glynes i glynaist ti, glynest ti glynodd o/e/hi glynon ni glynoch chi glynon nhw
imperative — glyna — — glynwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
glynu lynu nglynu 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), “glynaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 92 i
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