gollwng

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɬʊŋ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊɬʊŋ/, /ˈɡʊɬʊn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɬʊŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gollwg, from Old Welsh guollung, from Proto-Brythonic *gwöllüngɨd, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-exs-lungeti.

Verb

gollwng (first-person singular present gollyngaf)

1. to let go of, to release, to drop
2. to leak (allow fluid to escape or enter)
3. to dissolve (a parliament, assembly etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gollyngaf	gollyngi	gollwng, gollynga	gollyngwn	gollyngwch	gollyngant	gollyngir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gollyngwn	gollyngit	gollyngai	gollyngem	gollyngech	gollyngent	gollyngid
preterite	gollyngais	gollyngaist	gollyngodd	gollyngasom	gollyngasoch	gollyngasant	gollyngwyd
pluperfect	gollyngaswn	gollyngasit	gollyngasai	gollyngasem	gollyngasech	gollyngasent	gollyngasid, gollyngesid
present subjunctive	gollyngwyf	gollyngych	gollyngo	gollyngom	gollyngoch	gollyngont	gollynger
imperative	—	gollwng, gollynga	gollynged	gollyngwn	gollyngwch	gollyngent	gollynger
verbal noun	gollwng
verbal adjectives	gollyngedig gollyngadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gollynga i, gollyngaf i	gollyngi di	gollyngith o/e/hi, gollyngiff e/hi	gollyngwn ni	gollyngwch chi	gollyngan nhw
conditional	gollyngwn i, gollyngswn i	gollynget ti, gollyngset ti	gollyngai fo/fe/hi, gollyngsai fo/fe/hi	gollyngen ni, gollyngsen ni	gollyngech chi, gollyngsech chi	gollyngen nhw, gollyngsen nhw
preterite	gollyngais i, gollynges i	gollyngaist ti, gollyngest ti	gollyngodd o/e/hi	gollyngon ni	gollyngoch chi	gollyngon nhw
imperative	—	gollynga	—	—	gollyngwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• gollyngiad m (“escapement”)

Etymology 2

Substantivization of the verb.

Noun

gollwng m (plural gollyngau)

1. (obsolete) solution

Mutation

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

Further reading

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