From Proto-Celtic *glinati,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”).[2] Equivalent to glŷn (“sticking, adhering”) + -u. Cognate with Cornish glena, Middle Breton en-glenaff and Old Irish glenaid.
glynu (first-person singular present glynaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | glynaf | glyni | glŷn, glyna | glynwn | glynwch | glynant | glynir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
glynwn | glynit | glynai | glynem | glynech | glynent | glynid | |
preterite | glynais | glynaist | glynodd | glynasom | glynasoch | glynasant | glynwyd | |
pluperfect | glynaswn | glynasit | glynasai | glynasem | glynasech | glynasent | glynasid, glynesid | |
present subjunctive | glynwyf | glynych | glyno | glynom | glynoch | glynont | glyner | |
imperative | — | glyna | glyned | glynwn | glynwch | glynent | glyner | |
verbal noun | glynu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | glynedig glynadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | glyna i, glynaf i | glyni di | glynith o/e/hi, glyniff e/hi | glynwn ni | glynwch chi | glynan nhw |
conditional | glynwn i, glynswn i | glynet ti, glynset ti | glynai fo/fe/hi, glynsai fo/fe/hi | glynen ni, glynsen ni | glynech chi, glynsech chi | glynen nhw, glynsen nhw |
preterite | glynais i, glynes i | glynaist ti, glynest ti | glynodd o/e/hi | glynon ni | glynoch chi | glynon nhw |
imperative | — | glyna | — | — | glynwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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glynu | lynu | nglynu | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.