glynu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gli-na-, from *glei.[1] Ultimately 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.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlənɨ̞/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləni/

Verb

glynu (first-person singular present glynaf)

to stick, adhere

References

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

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