gogrynu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wokrinō, from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“to separate, to cut off”). By surface analysis, gogryn (“little sieve”) +‎ -u (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɔɡˈrənɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɔɡˈrəni/

Verb

gogrynu (first-person singular present gogrynaf)

1. to sift, to sieve

   Synonyms: gogru, rhidyllio

2. to squander
3. to shuffle, to shamble

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gogrynaf	gogryni	gogryna	gogrynwn	gogrynwch	gogrynant	gogrynir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gogrynwn	gogrynit	gogrynai	gogrynem	gogrynech	gogrynent	gogrynid
preterite	gogrynais	gogrynaist	gogrynodd	gogrynasom	gogrynasoch	gogrynasant	gogrynwyd
pluperfect	gogrynaswn	gogrynasit	gogrynasai	gogrynasem	gogrynasech	gogrynasent	gogrynasid, gogrynesid
present subjunctive	gogrynwyf	gogrynych	gogryno	gogrynom	gogrynoch	gogrynont	gogryner
imperative	—	gogryna	gogryned	gogrynwn	gogrynwch	gogrynent	gogryner
verbal noun	gogrynu
verbal adjectives	gogrynedig gogrynadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gogryna i, gogrynaf i	gogryni di	gogrynith o/e/hi, gogryniff e/hi	gogrynwn ni	gogrynwch chi	gogrynan nhw
conditional	gogrynwn i, gogrynswn i	gogrynet ti, gogrynset ti	gogrynai fo/fe/hi, gogrynsai fo/fe/hi	gogrynen ni, gogrynsen ni	gogrynech chi, gogrynsech chi	gogrynen nhw, gogrynsen nhw
preterite	gogrynais i, gogrynes i	gogrynaist ti, gogrynest ti	gogrynodd o/e/hi	gogrynon ni	gogrynoch chi	gogrynon nhw
imperative	—	gogryna	—	—	gogrynwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• gogrynedig (“sifted”, adjective)
• gogryniad (“act of sifting”)
• gogryniedydd, gogrynwr, gogrynydd (“sifter”)
• gogrynllydd (“shuffling gait”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gogrynu	ogrynu	ngogrynu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.