cywasgu
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From cy- + gwasgu (“to press”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈwasɡɨ̞/, [kəˈwaskɨ̞]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈwasɡi/, [kəˈwaski]
Verb edit
cywasgu (first-person singular present cywasgaf)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | cywasgaf | cywesgi | cywasga | cywasgwn | cywesgwch, cywasgwch | cywasgant | cywesgir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cywasgwn | cywasgit | cywasgai | cywasgem | cywasgech | cywasgent | cywesgid | |
| preterite | cywesgais | cywesgaist | cywasgodd | cywasgasom | cywasgasoch | cywasgasant | cywasgwyd | |
| pluperfect | cywasgaswn | cywasgasit | cywasgasai | cywasgasem | cywasgasech | cywasgasent | cywasgasid, cywasgesid | |
| present subjunctive | cywasgwyf | cywesgych | cywasgo | cywasgom | cywasgoch | cywasgont | cywasger | |
| imperative | — | cywasga | cywasged | cywasgwn | cywesgwch, cywasgwch | cywasgent | cywasger | |
| verbal noun | cywasgu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | cywasgedig cywasgadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | cywasga i, cywasgaf i | cywasgi di | cywasgith o/e/hi, cywasgiff e/hi | cywasgwn ni | cywasgwch chi | cywasgan nhw |
| conditional | cywasgwn i, cywasgswn i | cywasget ti, cywasgset ti | cywasgai fo/fe/hi, cywasgsai fo/fe/hi | cywasgen ni, cywasgsen ni | cywasgech chi, cywasgsech chi | cywasgen nhw, cywasgsen nhw |
| preterite | cywasgais i, cywasges i | cywasgaist ti, cywasgest ti | cywasgodd o/e/hi | cywasgon ni | cywasgoch chi | cywasgon nhw |
| imperative | — | cywasga | — | — | cywasgwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cywasgu | gywasgu | nghywasgu | chywasgu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cywasgu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies