gyrru

Welsh

Etymology

From gyr (“drive, thrust; flock, drove”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡərɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəri/
• Rhymes: -ərɨ̞

Verb

gyrru (first-person singular present gyrraf)

1. to drive
2. (North Wales) to send

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	gyrraf	gyrri	gyr	gyrrwn	gyrrwch	gyrrant	gyrrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	gyrrwn	gyrrit	gyrrai	gyrrem	gyrrech	gyrrent	gyrrid
preterite	gyrrais	gyrraist	gyrrodd	gyrasom	gyrasoch	gyrasant	gyrrwyd
pluperfect	gyraswn	gyrasit	gyrasai	gyrasem	gyrasech	gyrasent	gyrasid, gyresid
present subjunctive	gyrrwyf	gyrrych	gyrro	gyrrom	gyrroch	gyrront	gyrrer
imperative	—	gyr, gyrra	gyrred	gyrrwn	gyrrwch	gyrrent	gyrrer
verbal noun	gyrru
verbal adjectives	gyredig gyradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	gyrra i, gyrraf i	gyrri di	gyrrith o/e/hi, gyrriff e/hi	gyrrwn ni	gyrrwch chi	gyrran nhw
conditional	gyrrwn i, gyrswn i	gyrret ti, gyrset ti	gyrrai fo/fe/hi, gyrsai fo/fe/hi	gyrren ni, gyrsen ni	gyrrech chi, gyrsech chi	gyrren nhw, gyrsen nhw
preterite	gyrrais i, gyrres i	gyrraist ti, gyrrest ti	gyrrodd o/e/hi	gyrron ni	gyrroch chi	gyrron nhw
imperative	—	gyrra	—	—	gyrrwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• blaenyrru (“to forward”)
• gyredig (“driven, forged, wrought”)
• gyrfa (“career”)
• gyriad (“drive, propulsion”)
• gyriant (“drive”)
• gyrrwr (“driver”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of gyrru

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gyrru	yrru	ngyrru	unchanged

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