ciledrych

Welsh

Etymology

From cil (“back; corner”) +‎ edrych (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɛdrɨ̞χ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɛdrɪχ/
• Rhymes: -ɛdrɨ̞χ

Verb

ciledrych (first-person singular present ciledrychaf)

1. to glance, squint, leer, cast a sly look

Conjugation

Conjugation of ciledrych (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ciledrychaf	ciledrychi	ciledrycha	ciledrychwn	ciledrychwch	ciledrychant	ciledrychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ciledrychwn	ciledrychit	ciledrychai	ciledrychem	ciledrychech	ciledrychent	ciledrychid
preterite	ciledrychais	ciledrychaist	ciledrychodd	ciledrychasom	ciledrychasoch	ciledrychasant	ciledrychwyd
pluperfect	ciledrychaswn	ciledrychasit	ciledrychasai	ciledrychasem	ciledrychasech	ciledrychasent	ciledrychasid, ciledrychesid
present subjunctive	ciledrychwyf	ciledrychych	ciledrycho	ciledrychom	ciledrychoch	ciledrychont	ciledrycher
imperative	—	ciledrycha	ciledryched	ciledrychwn	ciledrychwch	ciledrychent	ciledrycher
verbal noun	ciledrych
verbal adjectives	ciledrychedig ciledrychadwy

Conjugation of ciledrych (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ciledrycha i, ciledrychaf i	ciledrychi di	ciledrychith o/e/hi, ciledrychiff e/hi	ciledrychwn ni	ciledrychwch chi	ciledrychan nhw
conditional	ciledrychwn i, ciledrychswn i	ciledrychet ti, ciledrychset ti	ciledrychai fo/fe/hi, ciledrychsai fo/fe/hi	ciledrychen ni, ciledrychsen ni	ciledrychech chi, ciledrychsech chi	ciledrychen nhw, ciledrychsen nhw
preterite	ciledrychais i, ciledryches i	ciledrychaist ti, ciledrychest ti	ciledrychodd o/e/hi	ciledrychon ni	ciledrychoch chi	ciledrychon nhw
imperative	—	ciledrycha	—	—	ciledrychwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciledrych

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ciledrych	giledrych	nghiledrych	chiledrych

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

References

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