esgori

Welsh

Alternative forms

• esgor

Etymology

From esgor (“birth”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛsˈɡɔrɪ/, [ɛsˈkɔrɪ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛsˈɡoːri/, /ɛsˈɡɔri/, [ɛsˈkoːri], [ɛsˈkɔri]
• Rhymes: -ɔrɪ

Verb

esgori (first-person singular present esgoraf)

1. to give birth, to bear
2. (medicine) to deliver
3. to be born

   Synonym: geni

4. to emerge
5. to recover
6. to wear out, break up
7. to throw away, to get rid of
   1. to escape, avoid, survive

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	esgoraf	esgori	esgor, esgora	esgorwn	esgorwch	esgorant	esgorir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	esgorwn	esgorit	esgorai	esgorem	esgorech	esgorent	esgorid
preterite	esgorais	esgoraist	esgorodd	esgorasom	esgorasoch	esgorasant	esgorwyd
pluperfect	esgoraswn	esgorasit	esgorasai	esgorasem	esgorasech	esgorasent	esgorasid, esgoresid
present subjunctive	esgorwyf	esgorych	esgoro	esgorom	esgoroch	esgoront	esgorer
imperative	—	esgor, esgora	esgored	esgorwn	esgorwch	esgorent	esgorer
verbal noun	esgori
verbal adjectives	esgoredig esgoradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	esgora i, esgoraf i	esgori di	esgorith o/e/hi, esgoriff e/hi	esgorwn ni	esgorwch chi	esgoran nhw
conditional	esgorwn i, esgorswn i	esgoret ti, esgorset ti	esgorai fo/fe/hi, esgorsai fo/fe/hi	esgoren ni, esgorsen ni	esgorech chi, esgorsech chi	esgoren nhw, esgorsen nhw
preterite	esgorais i, esgores i	esgoraist ti, esgorest ti	esgorodd o/e/hi	esgoron ni	esgoroch chi	esgoron nhw
imperative	—	esgora	—	—	esgorwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• esgoriad (“birth”)
• camesgor (“to miscarry”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
esgori	unchanged	unchanged	hesgori
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), “esgori”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies