llamu

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Welsh

Etymology

From llam (“leap, jump”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

llamu (first-person singular present llamaf)

  1. to leap, to bound, to jump
    Synonyms: neidio, crychneidio, brasgamu, ysboncio
    1. to skip, to hop, to dance
      Synonyms: prancio, llamsach, dawnsio
  2. to throb, to well up, to burst into tears
    Synonyms: dirgrynu, pistyllo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future llamaf llemi llama llamwn llemwch, llamwch llamant llemir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		llamwn llamit llamai llamem llamech llament llemid
preterite llemais llemaist llamodd llamasom llamasoch llamasant llamwyd
pluperfect llamaswn llamasit llamasai llamasem llamasech llamasent llamasid, llamesid
present subjunctive llamwyf llemych llamo llamom llamoch llamont llamer
imperative — llama llamed llamwn llemwch, llamwch llament llamer
verbal noun llamu
verbal adjectives llamedig
llamadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future llama i,
llamaf i 		llami di llamith o/e/hi,
llamiff e/hi 		llamwn ni llamwch chi llaman nhw
conditional llamwn i,
llamswn i 		llamet ti,
llamset ti 		llamai fo/fe/hi,
llamsai fo/fe/hi 		llamen ni,
llamsen ni 		llamech chi,
llamsech chi 		llamen nhw,
llamsen nhw
preterite llamais i,
llames i 		llamaist ti,
llamest ti 		llamodd o/e/hi llamon ni llamoch chi llamon nhw
imperative — llama — — llamwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of llamu
radical soft nasal aspirate
llamu lamu unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “llamu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llamu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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