dylu
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dligeti (compare Old Irish dligid (“be entitled to; deserve”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelgʰ- (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃 (dulgs, “debt”) and Old Church Slavonic длъгъ (dlŭgŭ, “debt”)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdəlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdəlɪ/
Verb
dylu (defective)
Usage notes
The verbal noun form of this defective verb is unused in the modern language, both colloquial and literary.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Literary forms | singular | plural | impersonal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| imperfect/conditional | dylwn | dylit, dylet | dylai | dylem | dylech | dylent | dylid |
| pluperfect | dylswn, dylaswn | dylsit, dylasit | dylsai, dylasai | dylsem, dylasem | dylsech, dylasech | dylsent, dylasent | dylsid, dylasid |
| verbal noun | dylu | ||||||
| verbal adjectives | dyledig dyladway | ||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| conditional | dylwn i, dylswn i |
dylet ti, dylset ti |
dylai fo/fe/hi, dylsai fo/fe/hi |
dylen ni, dylsen ni |
dylech chi, dylsech chi |
dylen nhw, dylsen nhw |
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dylu | ddylu | nylu | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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