gogrynu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wokrinō, from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (to separate, to cut off).[1] By surface analysis, gogryn (little sieve) +‎ -u (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

gogrynu (first-person singular present gogrynaf)

  1. to sift, to sieve
    Synonyms: gogru, rhidyllio
  2. to squander
  3. to shuffle, to shamble

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gogrynaf gogryni gogryna gogrynwn gogrynwch gogrynant gogrynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
gogrynwn gogrynit gogrynai gogrynem gogrynech gogrynent gogrynid
preterite gogrynais gogrynaist gogrynodd gogrynasom gogrynasoch gogrynasant gogrynwyd
pluperfect gogrynaswn gogrynasit gogrynasai gogrynasem gogrynasech gogrynasent gogrynasid, gogrynesid
present subjunctive gogrynwyf gogrynych gogryno gogrynom gogrynoch gogrynont gogryner
imperative gogryna gogryned gogrynwn gogrynwch gogrynent gogryner
verbal noun gogrynu
verbal adjectives gogrynedig
gogrynadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future gogryna i,
gogrynaf i
gogryni di gogrynith o/e/hi,
gogryniff e/hi
gogrynwn ni gogrynwch chi gogrynan nhw
conditional gogrynwn i,
gogrynswn i
gogrynet ti,
gogrynset ti
gogrynai fo/fe/hi,
gogrynsai fo/fe/hi
gogrynen ni,
gogrynsen ni
gogrynech chi,
gogrynsech chi
gogrynen nhw,
gogrynsen nhw
preterite gogrynais i,
gogrynes i
gogrynaist ti,
gogrynest ti
gogrynodd o/e/hi gogrynon ni gogrynoch chi gogrynon nhw
imperative gogryna gogrynwch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

  • gogrynedig (sifted, adjective)
  • gogryniad (act of sifting)
  • gogryniedydd, gogrynwr, gogrynydd (sifter)
  • gogrynllydd (shuffling gait)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gogrynu
radical soft nasal aspirate
gogrynu ogrynu ngogrynu unchanged

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

References

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