ail-greu
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom ail- (“re-”) + creu (“create”).
Verb
editail-greu (first-person singular present ailgreaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
edit- ailgread (“recreation, reconstruction”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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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
edit- 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