cystadlu

Welsh

Etymology

From cysta(d)l (“as good”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kəsˈdadlɨ/, [kʰəsˈtadlˠɨ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kəsˈdadli/, [kʰəsˈtadli]

Verb

cystadlu (first-person singular present cystadlaf)

1. (intransitive) to compete, to vie, to rival

   Synonym: ymryson

Conjugation

Conjugation of cystadlu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cystadlaf	cystedli	cystadla	cystadlwn	cystedlwch, cystadlwch	cystadlant	cystedlir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cystadlwn	cystadlit	cystadlai	cystadlem	cystadlech	cystadlent	cystedlid
preterite	cystedlais	cystedlaist	cystadlodd	cystadlasom	cystadlasoch	cystadlasant	cystadlwyd
pluperfect	cystadlaswn	cystadlasit	cystadlasai	cystadlasem	cystadlasech	cystadlasent	cystadlasid, cystadlesid
present subjunctive	cystadlwyf	cystedlych	cystadlo	cystadlom	cystadloch	cystadlont	cystadler
imperative	—	cystadla	cystadled	cystadlwn	cystedlwch, cystadlwch	cystadlent	cystadler
verbal noun	cystadlu
verbal adjectives	cystadledig cystadladwy

Conjugation of cystadlu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cystadla i, cystadlaf i	cystadli di	cystadlith o/e/hi, cystadliff e/hi	cystadlwn ni	cystadlwch chi	cystadlan nhw
conditional	cystadlwn i, cystadlswn i	cystadlet ti, cystadlset ti	cystadlai fo/fe/hi, cystadlsai fo/fe/hi	cystadlen ni, cystadlsen ni	cystadlech chi, cystadlsech chi	cystadlen nhw, cystadlsen nhw
preterite	cystadlais i, cystadles i	cystadlaist ti, cystadlest ti	cystadlodd o/e/hi	cystadlon ni	cystadloch chi	cystadlon nhw
imperative	—	cystadla	—	—	cystadlwch	—

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

Derived terms

• cystadleuaeth (“competition, contest”)
• cystadleuol (“competitive”)
• cystadleuwr (“competitor”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cystadlu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cystadlu	gystadlu	nghystadlu	chystadlu

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

Further reading

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