cywasgu

Welsh

Etymology

From cy- +‎ gwasgu (to press).

Pronunciation

Verb

cywasgu (first-person singular present cywasgaf)

  1. to compress
  2. to squeeze together
  3. (linguistics) to contract two vowels into a diphthong

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
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
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cywasgu
radical soft nasal aspirate
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