ail-greu

Welsh

Etymology

From ail- (“re-”) +‎ creu (“create”).

Verb

ail-greu (first-person singular present ailgreaf)

1. to recreate, to rebuild

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ailgreaf	ailgrei	ailgrea	ailgrëwn	ailgrëwch	ailgreant	ailgrëir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	ailgrëwn	ailgreit	ailgreai	ailgreem	ailgreech	ailgreent	ailgrëid
preterite	ailgreais	ailgreaist	ailgreodd	ailgreasom	ailgreasoch	ailgreasant	ailgrëwyd
pluperfect	ailgreaswn	ailgreasit	ailgreasai	ailgreasem	ailgreasech	ailgreasent	ailgreasid, ailgreesid
present subjunctive	ailgrëwyf	ailgreych	ailgreo	ailgreom	ailgreoch	ailgreont	ailgreer
imperative	—	ailgrea	ailgreed	ailgrëwn	ailgrëwch	ailgreent	ailgreer
verbal noun	ail-greu
verbal adjectives	ailgreedig ailgreadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ailgrea i, ailgreaf i	ailgrei di	ailgreith o/e/hi, ailgreiff e/hi	ailgrewn ni	ailgrewch chi	ailgrean nhw
conditional	ailgrewn i, ailgreswn i	ailgreet ti, ailgreset ti	ailgreai fo/fe/hi, ailgresai fo/fe/hi	ailgreen ni, ailgresen ni	ailgreech chi, ailgresech chi	ailgreen nhw, ailgresen nhw
preterite	ailgreais i, ailgrees i	ailgreaist ti, ailgreest ti	ailgreodd o/e/hi	ailgreon ni	ailgreoch chi	ailgreon nhw
imperative	—	ailgrea	—	—	ailgrewch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• ailgread (“recreation, reconstruction”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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