dwyn

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • dygyd
  • dygu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh duyn, from Proto-Celtic *duketi (“to carry”) (compare Cornish don, Breton dougen), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

Verb

dwyn (first-person singular present dygaf)

  1. to steal
  2. to take
  3. to bring to
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dygaf dygi dwg dygwn dygwch dygant dygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 dygwn dygit dygai dygem dygech dygent dygid
preterite dygais dygaist dygodd dygasom dygasoch dygasant dygwyd
pluperfect dygaswn dygasit dygasai dygasem dygasech dygasent dygasid, dygesid
present subjunctive dygwyf dygych dygo dygom dygoch dygont dyger
imperative — dwg dyged dygwn dygwch dygent dyger
verbal noun dwyn
verbal adjectives dygedig
dygadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dyga i, dygaf i dygi di dygith o/e/hi, dygiff e/hi dygwn ni dygwch chi dygan nhw
conditional dygwn i, dygswn i dyget ti, dygset ti dygai fo/fe/hi, dygsai fo/fe/hi dygen ni, dygsen ni dygech chi, dygsech chi dygen nhw, dygsen nhw
preterite dygais i, dyges i dygaist ti, dygest ti dygodd o/e/hi dygon ni dygoch chi dygon nhw
imperative — dyga — — dygwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
Alternative literary forms
  • dug (third-person singular past)
  • dycpwyd, ducpwyd (impersonal past)
  • dyco (third-person singular subjunctive)
  • dygiedig (first verbal adjective)
  • dygiadwy (second verbal adjective)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dwyn ddwyn nwyn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

dwyn

  1. Soft mutation of twyn.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
twyn dwyn nhwyn thwyn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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