amrywio
Welsh
Etymology
amryw (“various, diverse, different”, adj) + -io
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /amˈrɪu̯jɔ/, /amˈrɨu̯jɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /amˈrɪu̯jɔ/
Usage notes
Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".
Verb
amrywio (first-person singular present amrywiaf)
- to vary, differ
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | amrywiaf | amrywi | amrywi, amrywia | amrywiwn | amrywiwch | amrywiant | amrywir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | amrywiwn | amrywit | amrywiai | amrywiem | amrywiech | amrywient | amrywid | |
preterite | amrywiais | amrywiaist | amrywiodd | amrywiasom | amrywiasoch | amrywiasant | amrywiwyd | |
pluperfect | amrywiaswn | amrywiasit | amrywiasai | amrywiasem | amrywiasech | amrywiasent | amrywiasid, amrywiesid | |
present subjunctive | amrywiwyf | amrywiech | amrywio | amrywiom | amrywioch | amrywiont | amrywier | |
imperative | — | amrywi, amrywia | amrywied | amrywiwn | amrywiwch | amrywient | amrywier | |
verbal noun | amrywio | |||||||
verbal adjectives | amrywiedig amrywiadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | amrywia i, amrywiaf i | amrywi di | amrywith o/e/hi, amrywiff e/hi | amrywiwn ni | amrywiwch chi | amrywian nhw |
conditional | amrywiwn i, amrywiswn i | amrywiet ti, amrywiset ti | amrywiai fo/fe/hi, amrywisai fo/fe/hi | amrywien ni, amrywisen ni | amrywiech chi, amrywisech chi | amrywien nhw, amrywisen nhw |
preterite | amrywiais i, amrywies i | amrywiaist ti, amrywiest ti | amrywiodd o/e/hi | amrywion ni | amrywioch chi | amrywion nhw |
imperative | — | amrywia | — | — | amrywiwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Related terms
- amryw
- amrywedd
- amrywiad
- amrywiaeth
- amrywiol
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
amrywio | unchanged | unchanged | hamrywio |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “amrywiaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies