ysgrifennu

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ysgriuennu, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨskrivenn, from Latin scrībendum, gerund of scrībō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ysgrifennu (first-person singular present ysgrifennaf)

  1. to write

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ysgrifennaf ysgrifenni ysgrifenna ysgrifennwn ysgrifennwch ysgrifennant ysgrifennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		ysgrifennwn ysgrifennit ysgrifennai ysgrifennem ysgrifennech ysgrifennent ysgrifennid
preterite ysgrifennais ysgrifennaist ysgrifennodd ysgrifenasom ysgrifenasoch ysgrifenasant ysgrifennwyd
pluperfect ysgrifenaswn ysgrifenasit ysgrifenasai ysgrifenasem ysgrifenasech ysgrifenasent ysgrifenasid, ysgrifenesid
present subjunctive ysgrifennwyf ysgrifennych ysgrifenno ysgrifennom ysgrifennoch ysgrifennont ysgrifenner
imperative — ysgrifenna ysgrifenned ysgrifennwn ysgrifennwch ysgrifennent ysgrifenner
verbal noun ysgrifennu
verbal adjectives ysgrifenedig
ysgrifenadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future ysgrifenna i, ysgrifennaf i ysgrifenni di ysgrifennith o/e/hi, ysgrifenniff e/hi ysgrifennwn ni ysgrifennwch chi ysgrifennan nhw
conditional ysgrifennwn i, ysgrifenswn i ysgrifennet ti, ysgrifenset ti ysgrifennai fo/fe/hi, ysgrifensai fo/fe/hi ysgrifennen ni, ysgrifensen ni ysgrifennech chi, ysgrifensech chi ysgrifennen nhw, ysgrifensen nhw
preterite ysgrifennais i, ysgrifennes i ysgrifennaist ti, ysgrifennest ti ysgrifennodd o/e/hi ysgrifennon ni ysgrifennoch chi ysgrifennon nhw
imperative — ysgrifenna — — ysgrifennwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ysgrifennu
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ysgrifennu unchanged unchanged hysgrifennu

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

Further reading

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