drewi

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɛu̯.i/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Irish dreoigh (“to putrefy, rot, decay”).

Verb

drewi (first-person singular present drewaf)

  1. (intransitive) to stink, to be putrid
  2. (transitive) to cause to stink, to foul
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future drewaf drewi drewa drewn drewch drewant drewir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional drewn drewit drewai drewem drewech drewent drewid
preterite drewais drewaist drewodd drewsom drewsoch drewsant drewyd
pluperfect drewswn drewsit drewsai drewsem drewsech drewsent drewsid
present subjunctive drewyf drewych drewo drewom drewoch drewont drewer
imperative — drewa drewed drewn drewch drewent drewer
verbal noun
verbal adjectives drewedig
drewadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future drewa i,
drewaf i 		drewi di drewith o/e/hi,
drewiff e/hi 		drewn ni drewch chi drewan nhw
conditional drewn i,
drewswn i 		drewet ti,
drewset ti 		drewai fo/fe/hi,
drewsai fo/fe/hi 		drewen ni,
drewsen ni 		drewech chi,
drewsech chi 		drewen nhw,
drewsen nhw
preterite drewais i,
drewes i 		drewaist ti,
drewest ti 		drewodd o/e/hi drewon ni drewoch chi drewon nhw
imperative — drewa — — drewch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of drewi
radical soft nasal aspirate
drewi ddrewi nrewi unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Verb

drewi

  1. soft mutation of trewi (“to sneeze”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trewi
radical soft nasal aspirate
trewi drewi nhrewi threwi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “drewi”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “drewi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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