llosgi
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From the Proto-Celtic *laɸsketi (“to shine, burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂p-sḱéti, from *leh₂p- (“to light, shine”). Cognate with Irish loisc (“burn; sting”) and Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “I shine”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
llosgi (first-person singular present llosgaf)
- to burn
Conjugation edit
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | llosgaf | llosgi | llysg, llosga | llosgwn | llosgwch | llosgant | llosgir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
llosgwn | llosgit | llosgai | llosgem | llosgech | llosgent | llosgid | |
| preterite | llosgais | llosgaist | llosgodd | llosgasom | llosgasoch | llosgasant | llosgwyd | |
| pluperfect | llosgaswn | llosgasit | llosgasai | llosgasem | llosgasech | llosgasent | llosgasid, llosgesid | |
| present subjunctive | llosgwyf | llosgych | llosgo | llosgom | llosgoch | llosgont | llosger | |
| imperative | — | llosg | llosged | llosgwn | llosgwch | llosgent | llosger | |
| verbal noun | llosgi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | llosgedig llosgadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | llosga i, llosgaf i | llosgi di | llosgith o/e/hi, llosgiff e/hi | llosgwn ni | llosgwch chi | llosgan nhw |
| conditional | llosgwn i, llosgswn i | llosget ti, llosgset ti | llosgai fo/fe/hi, llosgsai fo/fe/hi | llosgen ni, llosgsen ni | llosgech chi, llosgsech chi | llosgen nhw, llosgsen nhw |
| preterite | llosgais i, llosges i | llosgaist ti, llosgest ti | llosgodd o/e/hi | llosgon ni | llosgoch chi | llosgon nhw |
| imperative | — | llosga | — | — | llosgwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms edit
- llosgol (“flammable, intense, urgent”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llosgi | losgi | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llosgi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies