cychwyn
Welsh
Pronunciation
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Noun
cychwyn m (uncountable)
- beginning, start
Verb
cychwyn (first-person singular present cychwynnaf)
- (transitive or intransitive) to begin, to start
- Synonym: dechrau
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cychwynnaf | cychwynni | cychwyn, cychwynna | cychwynnwn | cychwynnwch | cychwynnant | cychwynnir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | cychwynnwn | cychwynnit | cychwynnai | cychwynnem | cychwynnech | cychwynnent | cychwynnid | |
| preterite | cychwynnais | cychwynnaist | cychwynnodd | cychwynasom | cychwynasoch | cychwynasant | cychwynnwyd | |
| pluperfect | cychwynaswn | cychwynasit | cychwynasai | cychwynasem | cychwynasech | cychwynasent | cychwynasid, cychwynesid | |
| present subjunctive | cychwynnwyf | cychwynnych | cychwynno | cychwynnom | cychwynnoch | cychwynnont | cychwynner | |
| imperative | — | cychwynna | cychwynned | cychwynnwn | cychwynnwch | cychwynnent | cychwynner | |
| verbal noun | cychwyn | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cychwynedig cychwynadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cychwynna i, cychwynnaf i | cychwynni di | cychwynnith o/e/hi, cychwynniff e/hi | cychwynnwn ni | cychwynnwch chi | cychwynnan nhw |
| conditional | cychwynnwn i, cychwynnswn i | cychwynnet ti, cychwynnset ti | cychwynnai fo/fe/hi, cychwynnsai fo/fe/hi | cychwynnen ni, cychwynnsen ni | cychwynnech chi, cychwynnsech chi | cychwynnen nhw, cychwynnsen nhw |
| preterite | cychwynnais i, cychwynnes i | cychwynnaist ti, cychwynnest ti | cychwynnodd o/e/hi | cychwynnon ni | cychwynnoch chi | cychwynnon nhw |
| imperative | — | cychwynna | — | — | cychwynnwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- ailgychwyn (“to restart”)
- cychwynfa (“starting-point, origin”)
- cychwyniad (“beginning, initiation”)
- cychwynnol (“initial, original, starting”)
- cychwynnwr (“starter”)
- cychwynnydd (“starter”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cychwyn | gychwyn | nghychwyn | chychwyn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||