dychanu

Welsh

Etymology

From dy- +‎ canu.

Verb

dychanu (first-person singular present dychanaf)

1. (transitive) to satirize, mock, ridicule

   Synonym: gwawdio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dychanaf	dycheni	dychan, dychana	dychanwn	dychenwch, dychanwch	dychanant	dychenir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dychanwn	dychanit	dychanai	dychanem	dychanech	dychanent	dychenid
preterite	dychenais	dychenaist	dychanodd	dychanasom	dychanasoch	dychanasant	dychanwyd
pluperfect	dychanaswn	dychanasit	dychanasai	dychanasem	dychanasech	dychanasent	dychanasid, dychanesid
present subjunctive	dychanwyf	dychenych	dychano	dychanom	dychanoch	dychanont	dychaner
imperative	—	dychan, dychana	dychaned	dychanwn	dychenwch, dychanwch	dychanent	dychaner
verbal noun	dychanu
verbal adjectives	dychanedig dychanadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dychana i, dychanaf i	dychani di	dychanith o/e/hi, dychaniff e/hi	dychanwn ni	dychanwch chi	dychanan nhw
conditional	dychanwn i, dychanswn i	dychanet ti, dychanset ti	dychanai fo/fe/hi, dychansai fo/fe/hi	dychanen ni, dychansen ni	dychanech chi, dychansech chi	dychanen nhw, dychansen nhw
preterite	dychanais i, dychanes i	dychanaist ti, dychanest ti	dychanodd o/e/hi	dychanon ni	dychanoch chi	dychanon nhw
imperative	—	dychana	—	—	dychanwch	—

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

Derived terms

• dychan m (“satire”)
• dychanwr m (“satirist”)

Related terms

• dychanol (“satirical”, adjective)

Further reading

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