plygu

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh plygu, from Proto-Brythonic *plɨɡɨd, from Latin plicō (“to bend, fold”).

Pronunciation

Verb

plygu (first-person singular present plygaf)

  1. (transitive) to bend
  2. (transitive) to fold, to crease
  3. (intransitive) to bow, to stoop
  4. (transitive, physics) to refract, to deflect
    Synonym: gwrthdorri

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future plygaf plygi plyg, plyga plygwn plygwch plygant plygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		plygwn plygit plygai plygem plygech plygent plygid
preterite plygais plygaist plygodd plygasom plygasoch plygasant plygwyd
pluperfect plygaswn plygasit plygasai plygasem plygasech plygasent plygasid, plygesid
present subjunctive plygwyf plygych plygo plygom plygoch plygont plyger
imperative — plyg, plyga plyged plygwn plygwch plygent plyger
verbal noun plygu
verbal adjectives plygedig
plygadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future plyga i,
plygaf i 		plygi di plygith o/e/hi,
plygiff e/hi 		plygwn ni plygwch chi plygan nhw
conditional plygwn i,
plygswn i 		plyget ti,
plygset ti 		plygai fo/fe/hi,
plygsai fo/fe/hi 		plygen ni,
plygsen ni 		plygech chi,
plygsech chi 		plygen nhw,
plygsen nhw
preterite plygais i,
plyges i 		plygaist ti,
plygest ti 		plygodd o/e/hi plygon ni plygoch chi plygon nhw
imperative — plyga — — plygwch —

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

Derived terms

  • datblygu (“to develop”)
  • dyblygu (“to double; to duplicate, to replicate”)
  • esblygiad
  • esblygu
  • goblygu (“to wrap up, to fold up; to implicate”)
  • hyblyg (“flexible”)
  • hyblygu (“to bend easily, to be flexible”)
  • plyg (“bend; fold, crease”)
  • plygadwy (“foldable, flexible”)
  • plygedig (“bent, folded, creased”)
  • plygiad (“bending; folding; refraction”)
  • plygiant (“refraction”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of plygu
radical soft nasal aspirate
plygu blygu mhlygu phlygu

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “plygu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plygu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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