disgyn

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh diskyn, from Proto-Brythonic *diskɨnnɨd (whence Breton disken), from Latin dēscendō (“to go down”), from dē- (“down”) + scandō (“to climb”).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɪsɡɪn/, [ˈdɪskɪn], /ˈdɪsɡɨ̞n/, [ˈdɪskɨ̞n]
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɪsɡɪn/, [ˈdɪskɪn]
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɪʃɡɪn/, [ˈdɪʃkɪn]
  • Rhymes: -ɪsɡɨ̞n

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /i/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" follows "g".

Verb

disgyn (first-person singular present disgynnaf)

  1. to descend
    Antonym: esgyn

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future disgynnaf disgynni disgyn, disgynna disgynnwn disgynnwch disgynnant disgynnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 disgynnwn disgynnit disgynnai disgynnem disgynnech disgynnent disgynnid
preterite disgynnais disgynnaist disgynnodd disgynasom disgynasoch disgynasant disgynnwyd
pluperfect disgynaswn disgynasit disgynasai disgynasem disgynasech disgynasent disgynasid, disgynesid
present subjunctive disgynnwyf disgynnych disgynno disgynnom disgynnoch disgynnont disgynner
imperative — disgyn disgynned disgynnwn disgynnwch disgynnent disgynner
verbal noun disgyn
verbal adjectives disgynedig
disgynadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future disgynna i, disgynnaf i disgynni di disgynnith o/e/hi, disgynniff e/hi disgynnwn ni disgynnwch chi disgynnan nhw
conditional disgynnwn i, disgynswn i disgynnet ti, disgynset ti disgynnai fo/fe/hi, disgynsai fo/fe/hi disgynnen ni, disgynsen ni disgynnech chi, disgynsech chi disgynnen nhw, disgynsen nhw
preterite disgynnais i, disgynnes i disgynnaist ti, disgynnest ti disgynnodd o/e/hi disgynnon ni disgynnoch chi disgynnon nhw
imperative — disgynna — — disgynnwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

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