llyncu

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llyncu, from Proto-Celtic *slunketi (compare Breton lonkañ).

Verb

llyncu (first-person singular present llyncaf)

  1. (transitive) to swallow

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future llyncaf llynci llwnc, llynca llyncwn llyncwch llyncant llyncir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		llyncwn llyncit llyncai llyncem llyncech llyncent llyncid
preterite llyncais llyncaist llyncodd llyncasom llyncasoch llyncasant llyncwyd
pluperfect llyncaswn llyncasit llyncasai llyncasem llyncasech llyncasent llyncasid, llyncesid
present subjunctive llyncwyf llyncych llynco llyncom llyncoch llyncont llyncer
imperative — llynca llynced llyncwn llyncwch llyncent llyncer
verbal noun llyncu
verbal adjectives llyncedig
llyncadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future llynca i, llyncaf i llynci di llyncith o/e/hi, llynciff e/hi llyncwn ni llyncwch chi llyncan nhw
conditional llyncwn i, llyncswn i llyncet ti, llyncset ti llyncai fo/fe/hi, llyncsai fo/fe/hi llyncen ni, llyncsen ni llyncech chi, llyncsech chi llyncen nhw, llyncsen nhw
preterite llyncais i, llynces i llyncaist ti, llyncest ti llyncodd o/e/hi llyncon ni llyncoch chi llyncon nhw
imperative — llynca — — llyncwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • llyncu mul (“to sulk”, literally “to swallow a mule”)
  • llynciad (“a gulp, a swallow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llyncu lyncu unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llyncu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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