From Middle Welsh dringo, borrowed from Old Irish dringid, from Proto-Celtic *dringeti. The form expected if the Welsh was a direct inheritance would be *dryngu.
dringo (first-person singular present dringaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | dringaf | dringi | dring | dringwn | dringwch | dringant | dringir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dringwn | dringit | dringai | dringem | dringech | dringent | dringid | |
| preterite | dringais | dringaist | dringodd | dringasom | dringasoch | dringasant | dringwyd | |
| pluperfect | dringaswn | dringasit | dringasai | dringasem | dringasech | dringasent | dringasid, dringesid | |
| present subjunctive | dringwyf | dringych | dringo | dringom | dringoch | dringont | dringer | |
| imperative | — | dring | dringed | dringwn | dringwch | dringent | dringer | |
| verbal noun | dringo | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | dringedig dringadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | dringa i, dringaf i | dringi di | dringith o/e/hi, dringiff e/hi | dringwn ni | dringwch chi | dringan nhw |
| conditional | dringwn i, dringswn i | dringet ti, dringset ti | dringai fo/fe/hi, dringsai fo/fe/hi | dringen ni, dringsen ni | dringech chi, dringsech chi | dringen nhw, dringsen nhw |
| preterite | dringais i, dringes i | dringaist ti, dringest ti | dringodd o/e/hi | dringon ni | dringoch chi | dringon nhw |
| imperative | — | dringa | — | — | dringwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dringo | ddringo | nringo | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||