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

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[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “dim”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], 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
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