gollwng

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɬʊŋ/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊɬʊŋ/, /ˈɡʊɬʊn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gollwg, from Old Welsh guollung, from Proto-Brythonic *gwöllüngɨd, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-exs-lungeti.

Verb

gollwng (first-person singular present gollyngaf)

  1. to let go of, to release, to drop
  2. to leak (allow fluid to escape or enter)
  3. to dissolve (a parliament, assembly etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gollyngaf gollyngi gollwng, gollynga gollyngwn gollyngwch gollyngant gollyngir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 gollyngwn gollyngit gollyngai gollyngem gollyngech gollyngent gollyngid
preterite gollyngais gollyngaist gollyngodd gollyngasom gollyngasoch gollyngasant gollyngwyd
pluperfect gollyngaswn gollyngasit gollyngasai gollyngasem gollyngasech gollyngasent gollyngasid, gollyngesid
present subjunctive gollyngwyf gollyngych gollyngo gollyngom gollyngoch gollyngont gollynger
imperative — gollwng, gollynga gollynged gollyngwn gollyngwch gollyngent gollynger
verbal noun gollwng
verbal adjectives gollyngedig
gollyngadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future gollynga i, gollyngaf i gollyngi di gollyngith o/e/hi, gollyngiff e/hi gollyngwn ni gollyngwch chi gollyngan nhw
conditional gollyngwn i, gollyngswn i gollynget ti, gollyngset ti gollyngai fo/fe/hi, gollyngsai fo/fe/hi gollyngen ni, gollyngsen ni gollyngech chi, gollyngsech chi gollyngen nhw, gollyngsen nhw
preterite gollyngais i, gollynges i gollyngaist ti, gollyngest ti gollyngodd o/e/hi gollyngon ni gollyngoch chi gollyngon nhw
imperative — gollynga — — gollyngwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Etymology 2

Substantivization of the verb.

Noun

gollwng m (plural gollyngau)

  1. (obsolete) solution

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gollwng ollwng ngollwng 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), “gollwng”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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