rhegi

Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”), in which case cognate with Latin prex (“prayer, request”), German Frage (“question”), English pray. Alternatively, related to Sanskrit रच् (rac, “to compose”) and Proto-Slavic *rekti (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɛɡi/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥eːɡi/, /ˈr̥ɛɡi/

Verb

rhegi (first-person singular present rhegaf)

1. (intransitive) to curse, to swear

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhegaf	rhegi	rheg, rhega	rhegwn	rhegwch	rhegant	rhegir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhegwn	rhegit	rhegai	rhegem	rhegech	rhegent	rhegid
preterite	rhegais	rhegaist	rhegodd	rhegasom	rhegasoch	rhegasant	rhegwyd
pluperfect	rhegaswn	rhegasit	rhegasai	rhegasem	rhegasech	rhegasent	rhegasid, rhegesid
present subjunctive	rhegwyf	rhegych	rhego	rhegom	rhegoch	rhegont	rheger
imperative	—	rheg, rhega	rheged	rhegwn	rhegwch	rhegent	rheger
verbal noun	rhegi
verbal adjectives	rhegedig rhegadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhega i, rhegaf i	rhegi di	rhegith o/e/hi, rhegiff e/hi	rhegwn ni	rhegwch chi	rhegan nhw
conditional	rhegwn i, rhegswn i	rheget ti, rhegset ti	rhegai fo/fe/hi, rhegsai fo/fe/hi	rhegen ni, rhegsen ni	rhegech chi, rhegsech chi	rhegen nhw, rhegsen nhw
preterite	rhegais i, rheges i	rhegaist ti, rhegest ti	rhegodd o/e/hi	rhegon ni	rhegoch chi	rhegon nhw
imperative	—	rhega	—	—	rhegwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• rheg

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhegi	regi	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.