ysgrifennu

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • sgrifennu (colloquial)
  • sgwennu (colloquial)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ysgriuennu, from Latin scrībendum, gerund of scrībō.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /əsɡrɪˈvɛnɨ̞/, [əskrɪˈvɛnɨ̞]
    • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /sɡrɪˈvɛnɨ̞/, [skrɪˈvɛnɨ̞], /ˈsɡwɛnɨ̞/
  • (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /əsɡrɪˈvɛni/, [əskrɪˈvɛni]
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /sɡrɪˈvɛni/, [skrɪˈvɛni]

Verb

ysgrifennu (first-person singular present ysgrifennaf)

  1. (literary) to write

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ysgrifennaf ysgrifenni ysgrifenna ysgrifennwn ysgrifennwch ysgrifennant ysgrifennir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 ysgrifennwn ysgrifennit ysgrifennai ysgrifennem ysgrifennech ysgrifennent ysgrifennid
preterite ysgrifennais ysgrifennaist ysgrifennodd ysgrifenasom ysgrifenasoch ysgrifenasant ysgrifennwyd
pluperfect ysgrifenaswn ysgrifenasit ysgrifenasai ysgrifenasem ysgrifenasech ysgrifenasent ysgrifenasid, ysgrifenesid
present subjunctive ysgrifennwyf ysgrifennych ysgrifenno ysgrifennom ysgrifennoch ysgrifennont ysgrifenner
imperative — ysgrifenna ysgrifenned ysgrifennwn ysgrifennwch ysgrifennent ysgrifenner
verbal noun ysgrifennu
verbal adjectives ysgrifenedig
ysgrifenadwy

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
ysgrifennu unchanged unchanged hysgrifennu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “ysgrifennaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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