blasu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• blasio

Etymology

blas (“taste”) +‎ -u

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈblasɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈblasi/

Verb

blasu (first-person singular present blasaf)

1. to taste, to sample a flavor

   Fe wnes i flasu'r afal.

   I did taste the apple.

2. to taste, to have a flavor

   Mae'r afal yn blasu'n felys.

   The apple tastes sweet.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	blasaf	blesi	blasa	blaswn	bleswch, blaswch	blasant	blesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	blaswn	blasit	blasai	blasem	blasech	blasent	blesid
preterite	blesais	blesaist	blasodd	blasasom	blasasoch	blasasant	blaswyd
pluperfect	blasaswn	blasasit	blasasai	blasasem	blasasech	blasasent	blasasid, blasesid
present subjunctive	blaswyf	blesych	blaso	blasom	blasoch	blasont	blaser
imperative	—	blasa	blased	blaswn	bleswch, blaswch	blasent	blaser
verbal noun	blasu
verbal adjectives	blasedig blasadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	blasa i, blasaf i	blasi di	blasith o/e/hi, blasiff e/hi	blaswn ni	blaswch chi	blasan nhw
conditional	blaswn i, blasswn i	blaset ti, blasset ti	blasai fo/fe/hi, blassai fo/fe/hi	blasen ni, blassen ni	blasech chi, blassech chi	blasen nhw, blassen nhw
preterite	blasais i, blases i	blasaist ti, blasest ti	blasodd o/e/hi	blason ni	blasoch chi	blason nhw
imperative	—	blasa	—	—	blaswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blasu	flasu	mlasu	unchanged
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), “blasaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies