dyrnu

Welsh

Etymology

From dwrn (“fist”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdərnɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdərni/

Verb

dyrnu (first-person singular present dyrnaf)

1. thresh
2. fist, punch, wallop
3. thump, thrash, clobber

Conjugation

Conjugation of dyrnu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dyrnaf	dyrni	dyrn, dyrna	dyrnwn	dyrnwch	dyrnant	dyrnir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dyrnwn	dyrnit	dyrnai	dyrnem	dyrnech	dyrnent	dyrnid
preterite	dyrnais	dyrnaist	dyrnodd	dyrnasom	dyrnasoch	dyrnasant	dyrnwyd
pluperfect	dyrnaswn	dyrnasit	dyrnasai	dyrnasem	dyrnasech	dyrnasent	dyrnasid, dyrnesid
present subjunctive	dyrnwyf	dyrnych	dyrno	dyrnom	dyrnoch	dyrnont	dyrner
imperative	—	dyrna	dyrned	dyrnwn	dyrnwch	dyrnent	dyrner
verbal noun	dyrnu
verbal adjectives	dyrnedig dyrnadwy

Conjugation of dyrnu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dyrna i, dyrnaf i	dyrni di	dyrnith o/e/hi, dyrniff e/hi	dyrnwn ni	dyrnwch chi	dyrnan nhw
conditional	dyrnwn i, dyrnswn i	dyrnet ti, dyrnset ti	dyrnai fo/fe/hi, dyrnsai fo/fe/hi	dyrnen ni, dyrnsen ni	dyrnech chi, dyrnsech chi	dyrnen nhw, dyrnsen nhw
preterite	dyrnais i, dyrnes i	dyrnaist ti, dyrnest ti	dyrnodd o/e/hi	dyrnon ni	dyrnoch chi	dyrnon nhw
imperative	—	dyrna	—	—	dyrnwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dyrnu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dyrnu	ddyrnu	nyrnu	unchanged

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

Further reading

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