syllu

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • syllio

Etymology

From Middle Welsh syllu (“to stare”), from Proto-Celtic *sil-n- (“to look”), of uncertain ultimate origin; compare Irish súil (“eye”),[1] as well as Old Irish solus (“bright, clear”) and Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine”).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

syllu (first-person singular present syllaf, not mutable)

  1. to gaze, stare

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future syllaf sylli sylla syllwn syllwch syllant syllir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 syllwn syllit syllai syllem syllech syllent syllid
preterite syllais syllaist syllodd syllasom syllasoch syllasant syllwyd
pluperfect syllaswn syllasit syllasai syllasem syllasech syllasent syllasid, syllesid
present subjunctive syllwyf syllych syllo syllom sylloch syllont syller
imperative — sylla sylled syllwn syllwch syllent syller
verbal noun syllu
verbal adjectives sylledig
sylladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future sylla i, syllaf i sylli di syllith o/e/hi, sylliff e/hi syllwn ni syllwch chi syllan nhw
conditional syllwn i, syllswn i syllet ti, syllset ti syllai fo/fe/hi, syllsai fo/fe/hi syllen ni, syllsen ni syllech chi, syllsech chi syllen nhw, syllsen nhw
preterite syllais i, sylles i syllaist ti, syllest ti syllodd o/e/hi syllon ni sylloch chi syllon nhw
imperative — sylla — — syllwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “sil-n”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 336
  2. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “syllu”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page seall

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