From Proto-Celtic *glinati, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”). 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| glynu | lynu | nglynu | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||