ymdrechu

Welsh

Etymology

From ym- (“self-”) +‎ trechu (“to defeat, to overcome”).

Verb

ymdrechu (first-person singular present ymdrechaf)

1. to endeavour, to strive

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymdrechaf	ymdrechi	ymdrecha	ymdrechwn	ymdrechwch	ymdrechant	ymdrechir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ymdrechwn	ymdrechit	ymdrechai	ymdrechem	ymdrechech	ymdrechent	ymdrechid
preterite	ymdrechais	ymdrechaist	ymdrechodd	ymdrechasom	ymdrechasoch	ymdrechasant	ymdrechwyd
pluperfect	ymdrechaswn	ymdrechasit	ymdrechasai	ymdrechasem	ymdrechasech	ymdrechasent	ymdrechasid, ymdrechesid
present subjunctive	ymdrechwyf	ymdrechych	ymdrecho	ymdrechom	ymdrechoch	ymdrechont	ymdrecher
imperative	—	ymdrecha	ymdreched	ymdrechwn	ymdrechwch	ymdrechent	ymdrecher
verbal noun	ymdrechu
verbal adjectives	ymdrechedig ymdrechadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymdrecha i, ymdrechaf i	ymdrechi di	ymdrechith o/e/hi, ymdrechiff e/hi	ymdrechwn ni	ymdrechwch chi	ymdrechan nhw
conditional	ymdrechwn i, ymdrechswn i	ymdrechet ti, ymdrechset ti	ymdrechai fo/fe/hi, ymdrechsai fo/fe/hi	ymdrechen ni, ymdrechsen ni	ymdrechech chi, ymdrechsech chi	ymdrechen nhw, ymdrechsen nhw
preterite	ymdrechais i, ymdreches i	ymdrechaist ti, ymdrechest ti	ymdrechodd o/e/hi	ymdrechon ni	ymdrechoch chi	ymdrechon nhw
imperative	—	ymdrecha	—	—	ymdrechwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• ymdrech (“effort, attempt; endeavour, strife”)
• ymdrechiad (“conation; endeavour”)

Mutation

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