blaguro

Welsh

Etymology

From blagur (“buds”) +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /blaˈɡɨ̞rɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /blaˈɡiːrɔ/, /blaˈɡɪrɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞rɔ

Verb

blaguro (first-person singular present blaguraf)

1. to bud, to come into bud, to form buds or young shoots

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	blaguraf	blaguri	blagura	blagurwn	blagurwch	blagurant	blagurir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	blagurwn	blagurit	blagurai	blagurem	blagurech	blagurent	blagurid
preterite	blagurais	blaguraist	blagurodd	blagurasom	blagurasoch	blagurasant	blagurwyd
pluperfect	blaguraswn	blagurasit	blagurasai	blagurasem	blagurasech	blagurasent	blagurasid, blaguresid
present subjunctive	blagurwyf	blagurych	blaguro	blagurom	blaguroch	blaguront	blagurer
imperative	—	blagura	blagured	blagurwn	blagurwch	blagurent	blagurer
verbal noun	blaguro
verbal adjectives	blaguredig blaguradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	blagura i, blaguraf i	blaguri di	blagurith o/e/hi, blaguriff e/hi	blagurwn ni	blagurwch chi	blaguran nhw
conditional	blagurwn i, blagurswn i	blaguret ti, blagurset ti	blagurai fo/fe/hi, blagursai fo/fe/hi	blaguren ni, blagursen ni	blagurech chi, blagursech chi	blaguren nhw, blagursen nhw
preterite	blagurais i, blagures i	blaguraist ti, blagurest ti	blagurodd o/e/hi	blaguron ni	blaguroch chi	blaguron nhw
imperative	—	blagura	—	—	blagurwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• blaguriad (“budding, formation of buds”)

Related terms

• deilio (“to sprout leaves”)
• blodeuo (“to flower”)
• egino (“to sprout”)
• glasu (“to begin to grow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blaguro	flaguro	mlaguro	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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