From cwlwm (“knot, tie”) + -u. Cognate with Cornish kelmi, Breton koulmañ.
clymu (first-person singular present clymaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | clymaf | clymi | clyma | clymwn | clymwch | clymant | clymir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
clymwn | clymit | clymai | clymem | clymech | clyment | clymid | |
preterite | clymais | clymaist | clymodd | clymasom | clymasoch | clymasant | clymwyd | |
pluperfect | clymaswn | clymasit | clymasai | clymasem | clymasech | clymasent | clymasid, clymesid | |
present subjunctive | clymwyf | clymych | clymo | clymom | clymoch | clymont | clymer | |
imperative | — | clyma | clymed | clymwn | clymwch | clyment | clymer | |
verbal noun | clymu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | clymedig clymadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | clyma i, clymaf i | clymi di | clymith o/e/hi, clymiff e/hi | clymwn ni | clymwch chi | clyman nhw |
conditional | clymwn i, clymswn i | clymet ti, clymset ti | clymai fo/fe/hi, clymsai fo/fe/hi | clymen ni, clymsen ni | clymech chi, clymsech chi | clymen nhw, clymsen nhw |
preterite | clymais i, clymes i | clymaist ti, clymest ti | clymodd o/e/hi | clymon ni | clymoch chi | clymon nhw |
imperative | — | clyma | — | — | clymwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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clymu | glymu | nghlymu | chlymu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.