gollwng

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɬʊŋ/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊɬʊŋ/, /ˈɡʊɬʊn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gollwg, from Old Welsh guollung, from Proto-Brythonic *gwöllüngɨd, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-exs-lungeti.

Verb

gollwng (first-person singular present gollyngaf)

  1. to let go of, to release, to drop
  2. to leak (allow fluid to escape or enter)
  3. to dissolve (a parliament, assembly etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future gollyngaf gollyngi gollwng, gollynga gollyngwn gollyngwch gollyngant gollyngir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
gollyngwn gollyngit gollyngai gollyngem gollyngech gollyngent gollyngid
preterite gollyngais gollyngaist gollyngodd gollyngasom gollyngasoch gollyngasant gollyngwyd
pluperfect gollyngaswn gollyngasit gollyngasai gollyngasem gollyngasech gollyngasent gollyngasid, gollyngesid
present subjunctive gollyngwyf gollyngych gollyngo gollyngom gollyngoch gollyngont gollynger
imperative gollwng, gollynga gollynged gollyngwn gollyngwch gollyngent gollynger
verbal noun gollwng
verbal adjectives gollyngedig
gollyngadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future gollynga i,
gollyngaf i
gollyngi di gollyngith o/e/hi,
gollyngiff e/hi
gollyngwn ni gollyngwch chi gollyngan nhw
conditional gollyngwn i,
gollyngswn i
gollynget ti,
gollyngset ti
gollyngai fo/fe/hi,
gollyngsai fo/fe/hi
gollyngen ni,
gollyngsen ni
gollyngech chi,
gollyngsech chi
gollyngen nhw,
gollyngsen nhw
preterite gollyngais i,
gollynges i
gollyngaist ti,
gollyngest ti
gollyngodd o/e/hi gollyngon ni gollyngoch chi gollyngon nhw
imperative gollynga gollyngwch

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

Derived terms
  • gollyngiad m (escapement)

Etymology 2

Substantivization of the verb.

Noun

gollwng m (plural gollyngau)

  1. (obsolete) solution

Mutation

Mutated forms of gollwng
radical soft nasal aspirate
gollwng ollwng ngollwng unchanged

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

Further reading

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