datrys
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From dat- (“dis-”) + drys(u) (“to entangle, to confuse”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdatrɨ̞s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdatrɪs/
Verb edit
datrys (first-person singular present datrysaf)
- to disentangle
- to solve
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | datrysaf | datrysi | detrys | datryswn | datryswch | datrysant | datrysir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
datryswn | datrysit | datrysai | datrysem | datrysech | datrysent | datrysid | |
| preterite | datrysais | datrysaist | datrysodd | datrysasom | datrysasoch | datrysasant | datryswyd | |
| pluperfect | datrysaswn | datrysasit | datrysasai | datrysasem | datrysasech | datrysasent | datrysasid, datrysesid | |
| present subjunctive | datryswyf | datrysych | datryso | datrysom | datrysoch | datrysont | datryser | |
| imperative | — | datrys | datrysed | datryswn | datryswch | datrysent | datryser | |
| verbal noun | datrys | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | datrysedig datrysadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | datrysa i, datrysaf i | datrysi di | datrysith o/e/hi, datrysiff e/hi | datryswn ni | datryswch chi | datrysan nhw |
| conditional | datryswn i, datrysswn i | datryset ti, datrysset ti | datrysai fo/fe/hi, datryssai fo/fe/hi | datrysen ni, datryssen ni | datrysech chi, datryssech chi | datrysen nhw, datryssen nhw |
| preterite | datrysais i, datryses i | datrysaist ti, datrysest ti | datrysodd o/e/hi | datryson ni | datrysoch chi | datryson nhw |
| imperative | — | datrysa | — | — | datryswch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms edit
- datrysiad (“solution”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| datrys | ddatrys | natrys | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “datrys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies