dechrau
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom dy- + creu (“grow, create”) (compare Latin creo (“I grow”)).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχraɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχrɛ/, /ˈdɛχra/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχrai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχrɛ/, /ˈdəχrɛ/, /ˈdaχrɛ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛχraɨ̯
Noun
editdechrau m (plural dechreuoedd or dechreuon)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- dechreuol (“initial”)
Verb
editdechrau (first-person singular present dechreuaf)
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | dechreuaf | dechreui | dechrau, dechreua | dechreuwn | dechreuwch | dechreuant | dechreuir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dechreuwn | dechreuit | dechreuai | dechreuem | dechreuech | dechreuent | dechreuid | |
preterite | dechreuais | dechreuaist | dechreuodd | dechreuasom | dechreuasoch | dechreuasant | dechreuwyd | |
pluperfect | dechreuaswn | dechreuasit | dechreuasai | dechreuasem | dechreuasech | dechreuasent | dechreuasid, dechreuesid | |
present subjunctive | dechreuwyf | dechreuych | dechreuo | dechreuom | dechreuoch | dechreuont | dechreuer | |
imperative | — | dechrau, dechreua | dechreued | dechreuwn | dechreuwch | dechreuent | dechreuer | |
verbal noun | dechrau | |||||||
verbal adjectives | dechreuedig |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dechreua i, dechreuaf i | dechreui di | dechreuith o/e/hi, dechreuiff e/hi | dechreuwn ni | dechreuwch chi | dechreuan nhw |
conditional | dechreuwn i, dechreuswn i | dechreuet ti, dechreuset ti | dechreuai fo/fe/hi, dechreusai fo/fe/hi | dechreuen ni, dechreusen ni | dechreuech chi, dechreusech chi | dechreuen nhw, dechreusen nhw |
preterite | dechreuais i, dechreues i | dechreuaist ti, dechreuest ti | dechreuodd o/e/hi | dechreuon ni | dechreuoch chi | dechreuon nhw |
imperative | — | dechreua | — | — | dechreuwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
edit- dechrau ar (“to set upon, to attack”)
- dechreuad (“beginning”)
- dechreuwr (“beginner”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dechrau | ddechrau | nechrau | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
editR. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dechrau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Potel-Belner, P. (2021). Welsh Etymological Dictionary. Germany: BoD - Books on Demand - Frankreich, p. 90