ymollwng

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- +‎ gollwng (“to release”).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /əˈmʊɬʊŋ/, /əˈmʊɬʊn/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ

Verb

ymollwng (first-person singular present ymollyngaf)

  1. to fall down, to collapse, to flop
    Synonym: cwyddo
  2. to disintegrate
  3. to give way, to succumb, to yield

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ymollyngaf ymollyngi ymollwng, ymollynga ymollyngwn ymollyngwch ymollyngant ymollyngir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 ymollyngwn ymollyngit ymollyngai ymollyngem ymollyngech ymollyngent ymollyngid
preterite ymollyngais ymollyngaist ymollyngodd ymollyngasom ymollyngasoch ymollyngasant ymollyngwyd
pluperfect ymollyngaswn ymollyngasit ymollyngasai ymollyngasem ymollyngasech ymollyngasent ymollyngasid, ymollyngesid
present subjunctive ymollyngwyf ymollyngych ymollyngo ymollyngom ymollyngoch ymollyngont ymollynger
imperative — ymollwng, ymollynga ymollynged ymollyngwn ymollyngwch ymollyngent ymollynger
verbal noun ymollwng
verbal adjectives ymollyngedig
ymollyngadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymollynga i, ymollyngaf i ymollyngi di ymollyngith o/e/hi, ymollyngiff e/hi ymollyngwn ni ymollyngwch chi ymollyngan nhw
conditional ymollyngwn i, ymollyngswn i ymollynget ti, ymollyngset ti ymollyngai fo/fe/hi, ymollyngsai fo/fe/hi ymollyngen ni, ymollyngsen ni ymollyngech chi, ymollyngsech chi ymollyngen nhw, ymollyngsen nhw
preterite ymollyngais i, ymollynges i ymollyngaist ti, ymollyngest ti ymollyngodd o/e/hi ymollyngon ni ymollyngoch chi ymollyngon nhw
imperative — ymollynga — — ymollyngwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymollwng unchanged unchanged hymollwng
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), “ymollwng”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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