achub

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh achup, from Proto-Brythonic *axʉb (compare Old Breton acupot), from Vulgar Latin *accūpō from Latin occupō.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaχɨ̞b/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaːχɪb/, /ˈaχɪb/

Verb

achub (first-person singular present achubaf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to save, to rescue

   Synonym: arbed

2. (transitive) to redeem, to deliver

   Synonym: gwared

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	achubaf	achubi	achub, achuba	achubwn	achubwch	achubant	achubir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	achubwn	achubit	achubai	achubem	achubech	achubent	achubid
preterite	achubais	achubaist	achubodd	achubasom	achubasoch	achubasant	achubwyd
pluperfect	achubaswn	achubasit	achubasai	achubasem	achubasech	achubasent	achubasid, achubesid
present subjunctive	achubwyf	achubych	achubo	achubom	achuboch	achubont	achuber
imperative	—	achub, achuba	achubed	achubwn	achubwch	achubent	achuber
verbal noun	achub
verbal adjectives	achubedig achubadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	achuba i, achubaf i	achubi di	achubith o/e/hi, achubiff e/hi	achubwn ni	achubwch chi	achuban nhw
conditional	achubwn i, achubswn i	achubet ti, achubset ti	achubai fo/fe/hi, achubsai fo/fe/hi	achuben ni, achubsen ni	achubech chi, achubsech chi	achuben nhw, achubsen nhw
preterite	achubais i, achubes i	achubaist ti, achubest ti	achubodd o/e/hi	achubon ni	achuboch chi	achubon nhw
imperative	—	achuba	—	—	achubwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• achub ar y cyfle (“to seize the opportunity”)
• achubadwy (“redeemable”)
• achubiad (“deliverance, salvation”)
• achubiaeth (“rescue, saving; deliverance”)
• achubol (“saving, redemptive”)
• achubwr (“rescuer; saviour, redeemer”)
• achubydd (“rescuer; saviour, redeemer”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
achub	unchanged	unchanged	hachub
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.