drewi
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Irish dreoigh (“putrefy, rot, decay”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
drewi (first-person singular present drewaf)
- (intransitive) to stink, to be putrid
- (transitive) to cause to stink, to foul
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | drewaf | drewi | drewa | drewn | drewch | drewant | drewir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | drewn | drewit | drewai | drewem | drewech | drewent | drewid | |
| preterite | drewais | drewaist | drewodd | drewsom | drewsoch | drewsant | drewyd | |
| pluperfect | drewswn | drewsit | drewsai | drewsem | drewsech | drewsent | drewsid | |
| present subjunctive | drewyf | drewych | drewo | drewom | drewoch | drewont | drewer | |
| imperative | — | drewa | drewed | drewn | drewch | drewent | drewer | |
| verbal noun | drewi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | drewedig drewadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | drewa i, drewaf i | drewi di | drewith o/e/hi, drewiff e/hi | drewn ni | drewch chi | drewan nhw |
| conditional | drewn i, drewswn i | drewet ti, drewset ti | drewai fo/fe/hi, drewsai fo/fe/hi | drewen ni, drewsen ni | drewech chi, drewsech chi | drewen nhw, drewsen nhw |
| preterite | drewais i, drewes i | drewaist ti, drewest ti | drewodd o/e/hi | drewon ni | drewoch chi | drewon nhw |
| imperative | — | drewa | — | — | drewch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “drewi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies