pylu

See also: pyłu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪlu]

Noun

pylu

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of pyl

Old English

Noun

pylu m

1. alternative form of pyle

Welsh

Alternative forms

• pwlu

Etymology

From pŵl (“blunt, faint”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpəlɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpəli/

Verb

pylu (first-person singular present pwlaf)

1. (intransitive) to become blunt

   Synonym: dylu

2. (intransitive) to fade, to dim

   Synonyms: dylu, cymylu, tywyllu

   • 2022, Elin Rhiannon Edwards, Ifan Gwilym Ywain, Ifan Sion Davies, Osian Gruffudd Jones, “Anghyfarwydd Haul [Unfamiliar Sun]”, in Sŵnamii, performed by Sŵnami ft. Thallo:

     Ond mewn dim gallai'r holl liwiau pylu / A'r duwch yn ymestyn ei law

     But in no time all of the colours could dim / And the darkness extends its hand

3. (intransitive) to lose senses

Conjugation

Conjugation of pylu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	pwlaf	pwli	pŵl, pwla	pwlwn	pwlwch	pwlant	pwlir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	pwlwn	pwlit	pwlai	pwlem	pwlech	pwlent	pwlid
preterite	pwlais	pwlaist	pwlodd	pwlasom	pwlasoch	pwlasant	pwlwyd
pluperfect	pwlaswn	pwlasit	pwlasai	pwlasem	pwlasech	pwlasent	pwlasid, pwlesid
present subjunctive	pwlwyf	pwlych	pwlo	pwlom	pwloch	pwlont	pwler
imperative	—	pŵl, pwla	pwled	pwlwn	pwlwch	pwlent	pwler
verbal noun	pylu
verbal adjectives	pwledig pwladwy

Conjugation of pylu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	pwla i, pwlaf i	pwli di	pwlith o/e/hi, pwliff e/hi	pwlwn ni	pwlwch chi	pwlan nhw
conditional	pwlwn i, pwlswn i	pwlet ti, pwlset ti	pwlai fo/fe/hi, pwlsai fo/fe/hi	pwlen ni, pwlsen ni	pwlech chi, pwlsech chi	pwlen nhw, pwlsen nhw
preterite	pwlais i, pwles i	pwlaist ti, pwlest ti	pwlodd o/e/hi	pwlon ni	pwloch chi	pwlon nhw
imperative	—	pwla	—	—	pwlwch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of pylu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pylu	bylu	mhylu	phylu

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “blunt”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “dim”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “pylu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pylu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies