arllwys

Welsh

Etymology

Derived from earlier arlloes. Doublet of arloesi (“to innovate”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈarɬʊɨ̯s/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈarɬʊi̯s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈarɬʊs/

Verb

arllwys (first-person singular present arllwysaf)

1. (South Wales) to pour

   Synonym: (North Wales) tywallt

   1. (figurative) to pour (with rain)

      Dewch i mewn, mae'n arllwys y glaw tu fas.

      Come inside, it's pouring with rain outside.

      Synonym: glawio

2. to empty out, to evacuate

   Synonyms: gwagio, gwacáu

   1. to purge, to cleanse

      Synonyms: clirio, carthu, glanhau allan

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	arllwysaf	arllwysi	arllwys, arllwysa	arllwyswn	arllwyswch	arllwysant	arllwysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	arllwyswn	arllwysit	arllwysai	arllwysem	arllwysech	arllwysent	arllwysid
preterite	arllwysais	arllwysaist	arllwysodd	arllwysasom	arllwysasoch	arllwysasant	arllwyswyd
pluperfect	arllwysaswn	arllwysasit	arllwysasai	arllwysasem	arllwysasech	arllwysasent	arllwysasid, arllwysesid
present subjunctive	arllwyswyf	arllwysych	arllwyso	arllwysom	arllwysoch	arllwysont	arllwyser
imperative	—	arllwysa	arllwysed	arllwyswn	arllwyswch	arllwysent	arllwyser
verbal noun	arllwys
verbal adjectives	arllwysedig arllwysadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	arllwysa i, arllwysaf i	arllwysi di	arllwysith o/e/hi, arllwysiff e/hi	arllwyswn ni	arllwyswch chi	arllwysan nhw
conditional	arllwyswn i, arllwysswn i	arllwyset ti, arllwysset ti	arllwysai fo/fe/hi, arllwyssai fo/fe/hi	arllwysen ni, arllwyssen ni	arllwysech chi, arllwyssech chi	arllwysen nhw, arllwyssen nhw
preterite	arllwysais i, arllwyses i	arllwysaist ti, arllwysest ti	arllwysodd o/e/hi	arllwyson ni	arllwysoch chi	arllwyson nhw
imperative	—	arllwysa	—	—	arllwyswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• arllwys ei gwd (“pour out one's heart, share one's troubles”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arllwys

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
arllwys	unchanged	unchanged	harllwys

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), “arllwysaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies