sychu

Welsh

Etymology

sych (“dry”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsəχɨ̞/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsəχi/
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  • Rhymes: -əχɨ̞

Verb

sychu (first-person singular present sychaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive) to dry
    Mae rhaid i mi sychu'r llestri.
    I have to dry the dishes.

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sychaf sychi sych, sycha sychwn sychwch sychant sychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 sychwn sychit sychai sychem sychech sychent sychid
preterite sychais sychaist sychodd sychasom sychasoch sychasant sychwyd
pluperfect sychaswn sychasit sychasai sychasem sychasech sychasent sychasid, sychesid
present subjunctive sychwyf sychych sycho sychom sychoch sychont sycher
imperative — sych, sycha syched sychwn sychwch sychent sycher
verbal noun sychu
verbal adjectives sychedig
sychadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future sycha i, sychaf i sychi di sychith o/e/hi, sychiff e/hi sychwn ni sychwch chi sychan nhw
conditional sychwn i, sychswn i sychet ti, sychset ti sychai fo/fe/hi, sychsai fo/fe/hi sychen ni, sychsen ni sychech chi, sychsech chi sychen nhw, sychsen nhw
preterite sychais i, syches i sychaist ti, sychest ti sychodd o/e/hi sychon ni sychoch chi sychon nhw
imperative — sycha — — sychwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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