brawychu

Welsh

Etymology

From braw (“fright, terror”) +‎ -ychu.

Verb

brawychu (first-person singular present brawychaf)

1. (intransitive) to fear, to be frightened

   Synonyms: dychryn, arswydo, ofni

2. (transitive) to frighten, to terrify

   Synonym: dychryn

3. (transitive) to terrorise

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	brawychaf	brawychi	brawycha	brawychwn	brawychwch	brawychant	brawychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	brawychwn	brawychit	brawychai	brawychem	brawychech	brawychent	brawychid
preterite	brawychais	brawychaist	brawychodd	brawychasom	brawychasoch	brawychasant	brawychwyd
pluperfect	brawychaswn	brawychasit	brawychasai	brawychasem	brawychasech	brawychasent	brawychasid, brawychesid
present subjunctive	brawychwyf	brawychych	brawycho	brawychom	brawychoch	brawychont	brawycher
imperative	—	brawycha	brawyched	brawychwn	brawychwch	brawychent	brawycher
verbal noun	brawychu
verbal adjectives	brawychedig brawychadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	brawycha i, brawychaf i	brawychi di	brawychith o/e/hi, brawychiff e/hi	brawychwn ni	brawychwch chi	brawychan nhw
conditional	brawychwn i, brawychswn i	brawychet ti, brawychset ti	brawychai fo/fe/hi, brawychsai fo/fe/hi	brawychen ni, brawychsen ni	brawychech chi, brawychsech chi	brawychen nhw, brawychsen nhw
preterite	brawychais i, brawyches i	brawychaist ti, brawychest ti	brawychodd o/e/hi	brawychon ni	brawychoch chi	brawychon nhw
imperative	—	brawycha	—	—	brawychwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• brawychdod (“fright, terror”)
• brawychiad (“terrifying, frightening, intimidation”)
• brawychiaeth (“terrorism”)
• brawychus (“frightening, terrifying”)
• brawychwr (“terrorist”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brawychu	frawychu	mrawychu	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), “brawychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies