crychu

Welsh

Etymology

From crych (“wrinkle”) +‎ u.

Pronunciation

Verb

crychu (first-person singular present crychaf)

  1. to wrinkle, to shrivel
  2. to make wrinkly, to crimp, to curl
    Synonyms: rhychu, modrwyo

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future crychaf crychi crych, crycha crychwn crychwch crychant crychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 crychwn crychit crychai crychem crychech crychent crychid
preterite crychais crychaist crychodd crychasom crychasoch crychasant crychwyd
pluperfect crychaswn crychasit crychasai crychasem crychasech crychasent crychasid, crychesid
present subjunctive crychwyf crychych crycho crychom crychoch crychont crycher
imperative — crych, crycha cryched crychwn crychwch crychent crycher
verbal noun crychu
verbal adjectives crychedig
crychadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future crycha i, crychaf i crychi di crychith o/e/hi, crychiff e/hi crychwn ni crychwch chi crychan nhw
conditional crychwn i, crychswn i crychet ti, crychset ti crychai fo/fe/hi, crychsai fo/fe/hi crychen ni, crychsen ni crychech chi, crychsech chi crychen nhw, crychsen nhw
preterite crychais i, cryches i crychaist ti, crychest ti crychodd o/e/hi crychon ni crychoch chi crychon nhw
imperative — crycha — — crychwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • crychiad (“a shrivelling; curling disease of plants”)
  • crychu'r aeliau (“to knit one's eyebrows”)
  • llinyn crychu (“drawstring”)

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