From Middle Welsh diskyn, from Proto-Brythonic *diskɨnnɨd (whence Breton disken), from Latin dēscendō (“to go down”), from dē- (“down”) + scandō (“to climb”).
Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /i/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" follows "g".
disgyn (first-person singular present disgynnaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | disgynnaf | disgynni | disgyn, disgynna | disgynnwn | disgynnwch | disgynnant | disgynnir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
disgynnwn | disgynnit | disgynnai | disgynnem | disgynnech | disgynnent | disgynnid | |
preterite | disgynnais | disgynnaist | disgynnodd | disgynasom | disgynasoch | disgynasant | disgynnwyd | |
pluperfect | disgynaswn | disgynasit | disgynasai | disgynasem | disgynasech | disgynasent | disgynasid, disgynesid | |
present subjunctive | disgynnwyf | disgynnych | disgynno | disgynnom | disgynnoch | disgynnont | disgynner | |
imperative | — | disgyn | disgynned | disgynnwn | disgynnwch | disgynnent | disgynner | |
verbal noun | disgyn | |||||||
verbal adjectives | disgynedig disgynadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | disgynna i, disgynnaf i | disgynni di | disgynnith o/e/hi, disgynniff e/hi | disgynnwn ni | disgynnwch chi | disgynnan nhw |
conditional | disgynnwn i, disgynswn i | disgynnet ti, disgynset ti | disgynnai fo/fe/hi, disgynsai fo/fe/hi | disgynnen ni, disgynsen ni | disgynnech chi, disgynsech chi | disgynnen nhw, disgynsen nhw |
preterite | disgynnais i, disgynnes i | disgynnaist ti, disgynnest ti | disgynnodd o/e/hi | disgynnon ni | disgynnoch chi | disgynnon nhw |
imperative | — | disgynna | — | — | disgynnwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |