ymollwng

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- +‎ gollwng (to release).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /əˈmʊɬʊŋ/, /əˈmʊɬʊn/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /əˈmɔɬʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ

Verb

ymollwng (first-person singular present ymollyngaf)

  1. to fall down, to collapse, to flop
    Synonym: cwyddo
  2. to disintegrate
  3. to give way, to succumb, to yield

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ymollyngaf ymollyngi ymollwng, ymollynga ymollyngwn ymollyngwch ymollyngant ymollyngir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
ymollyngwn ymollyngit ymollyngai ymollyngem ymollyngech ymollyngent ymollyngid
preterite ymollyngais ymollyngaist ymollyngodd ymollyngasom ymollyngasoch ymollyngasant ymollyngwyd
pluperfect ymollyngaswn ymollyngasit ymollyngasai ymollyngasem ymollyngasech ymollyngasent ymollyngasid, ymollyngesid
present subjunctive ymollyngwyf ymollyngych ymollyngo ymollyngom ymollyngoch ymollyngont ymollynger
imperative ymollwng, ymollynga ymollynged ymollyngwn ymollyngwch ymollyngent ymollynger
verbal noun ymollwng
verbal adjectives ymollyngedig
ymollyngadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future ymollynga i,
ymollyngaf i
ymollyngi di ymollyngith o/e/hi,
ymollyngiff e/hi
ymollyngwn ni ymollyngwch chi ymollyngan nhw
conditional ymollyngwn i,
ymollyngswn i
ymollynget ti,
ymollyngset ti
ymollyngai fo/fe/hi,
ymollyngsai fo/fe/hi
ymollyngen ni,
ymollyngsen ni
ymollyngech chi,
ymollyngsech chi
ymollyngen nhw,
ymollyngsen nhw
preterite ymollyngais i,
ymollynges i
ymollyngaist ti,
ymollyngest ti
ymollyngodd o/e/hi ymollyngon ni ymollyngoch chi ymollyngon nhw
imperative ymollynga ymollyngwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymollwng
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ymollwng unchanged unchanged hymollwng

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

References

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