glynu

Welsh

From Proto-Celtic *glinati,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”).^[2] Equivalent to glŷn (“sticking, adhering”) ‎ -u. Cognate with Cornish glena, Middle Breton en-glenaff and Old Irish glenaid.

glynu (first-person singular present glynaf)

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	glynaf	glyni	glŷn, glyna	glynwn	glynwch	glynant	glynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	glynwn	glynit	glynai	glynem	glynech	glynent	glynid
preterite	glynais	glynaist	glynodd	glynasom	glynasoch	glynasant	glynwyd
pluperfect	glynaswn	glynasit	glynasai	glynasem	glynasech	glynasent	glynasid, glynesid
present subjunctive	glynwyf	glynych	glyno	glynom	glynoch	glynont	glyner
imperative	—	glyna	glyned	glynwn	glynwch	glynent	glyner
verbal noun	glynu
verbal adjectives	glynedig glynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	glyna i, glynaf i	glyni di	glynith o/e/hi, glyniff e/hi	glynwn ni	glynwch chi	glynan nhw
conditional	glynwn i, glynswn i	glynet ti, glynset ti	glynai fo/fe/hi, glynsai fo/fe/hi	glynen ni, glynsen ni	glynech chi, glynsech chi	glynen nhw, glynsen nhw
preterite	glynais i, glynes i	glynaist ti, glynest ti	glynodd o/e/hi	glynon ni	glynoch chi	glynon nhw
imperative	—	glyna	—	—	glynwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutated forms of *glynu*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glynu	lynu	nglynu	unchanged

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

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “glynaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 92 i