cywasgu
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Welsh
Etymology
From cy- + gwasgu (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈwasɡɨ̞/, [kəˈwaskɨ̞]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəˈwasɡi/, [kəˈwaski]
Verb
cywasgu (first-person singular present cywasgaf)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cywasgaf | cywesgi | cywasga | cywasgwn | cywesgwch, cywasgwch | cywasgant | cywesgir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cywasgwn | cywasgit | cywasgai | cywasgem | cywasgech | cywasgent | cywesgid | |
preterite | cywesgais | cywesgaist | cywasgodd | cywasgasom | cywasgasoch | cywasgasant | cywasgwyd | |
pluperfect | cywasgaswn | cywasgasit | cywasgasai | cywasgasem | cywasgasech | cywasgasent | cywasgasid, cywasgesid | |
present subjunctive | cywasgwyf | cywesgych | cywasgo | cywasgom | cywasgoch | cywasgont | cywasger | |
imperative | — | cywasga | cywasged | cywasgwn | cywesgwch, cywasgwch | cywasgent | cywasger | |
verbal noun | cywasgu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cywasgedig cywasgadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cywasga i, cywasgaf i | cywasgi di | cywasgith o/e/hi, cywasgiff e/hi | cywasgwn ni | cywasgwch chi | cywasgan nhw |
conditional | cywasgwn i, cywasgswn i | cywasget ti, cywasgset ti | cywasgai fo/fe/hi, cywasgsai fo/fe/hi | cywasgen ni, cywasgsen ni | cywasgech chi, cywasgsech chi | cywasgen nhw, cywasgsen nhw |
preterite | cywasgais i, cywasges i | cywasgaist ti, cywasgest ti | cywasgodd o/e/hi | cywasgon ni | cywasgoch chi | cywasgon nhw |
imperative | — | cywasga | — | — | cywasgwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
- datgywasgu (“to decompress”)
Mutation
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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cywasgu | gywasgu | nghywasgu | chywasgu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cywasgu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies