cysylltu
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom cyswllt (“connection, union”) + -u.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈsəɬdɨ̞/, [kʰəˈsəɬtɨ̞]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈsəɬdi/, [kʰəˈsəɬti]
- Rhymes: -əɬdɨ̞
Verb
editcysylltu (first-person singular present cysylltaf) (transitive, intransitive)
- to couple, to connect, to affiliate, to unite, to combine
- to annex
- Synonym: cydio
- to append
- Synonym: atodi
- (mathematics) to add
- Synonym: adio
- to spell
- Synonym: sillafu
- (music) to compose
- Synonym: cyfansoddi
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cysylltaf | cysyllti | cysyllta | cysylltwn | cysylltwch | cysylltant | cysylltir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cysylltwn | cysylltit | cysylltai | cysylltem | cysylltech | cysylltent | cysylltid | |
preterite | cysylltais | cysylltaist | cysylltodd | cysylltasom | cysylltasoch | cysylltasant | cysylltwyd | |
pluperfect | cysylltaswn | cysylltasit | cysylltasai | cysylltasem | cysylltasech | cysylltasent | cysylltasid, cysylltesid | |
present subjunctive | cysylltwyf | cysylltych | cysyllto | cysylltom | cysylltoch | cysylltont | cysyllter | |
imperative | — | cysyllta | cysyllted | cysylltwn | cysylltwch | cysylltent | cysyllter | |
verbal noun | cysylltu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cysylltedig cysylltadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cysyllta i, cysylltaf i | cysyllti di | cysylltith o/e/hi, cysylltiff e/hi | cysylltwn ni | cysylltwch chi | cysylltan nhw |
conditional | cysylltwn i, cysylltswn i | cysylltet ti, cysylltset ti | cysylltai fo/fe/hi, cysylltsai fo/fe/hi | cysyllten ni, cysylltsen ni | cysylltech chi, cysylltsech chi | cysyllten nhw, cysylltsen nhw |
preterite | cysylltais i, cysylltes i | cysylltaist ti, cysylltest ti | cysylltodd o/e/hi | cysyllton ni | cysylltoch chi | cysyllton nhw |
imperative | — | cysyllta | — | — | cysylltwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- cysylltiad (“connection”)
- cysylltedd (“connectivity”)
- cysylltydd (“connector”)
- ymgysylltu (“to affiliate oneself”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cysylltu | gysylltu | nghysylltu | chysylltu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cysylltu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies