drysu

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From d(y)rys (tangled, thorny) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

drysu (first-person singular present drysaf)

  1. (transitive) to tangle, to entangle
  2. (transitive) to muddle, to mess up, to disorganise
  3. (transitive) to confuse, to confound, to bewilder
  4. (intransitive) to be confused

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future drysaf drysi drysa dryswn dryswch drysant drysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
dryswn drysit drysai drysem drysech drysent drysid
preterite drysais drysaist drysodd drysasom drysasoch drysasant dryswyd
pluperfect drysaswn drysasit drysasai drysasem drysasech drysasent drysasid, drysesid
present subjunctive dryswyf drysych dryso drysom drysoch drysont dryser
imperative drysa drysed dryswn dryswch drysent dryser
verbal noun drysu
verbal adjectives drysedig
drysadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future drysa i,
drysaf i
drysi di drysith o/e/hi,
drysiff e/hi
dryswn ni dryswch chi drysan nhw
conditional dryswn i,
drysswn i
dryset ti,
drysset ti
drysai fo/fe/hi,
dryssai fo/fe/hi
drysen ni,
dryssen ni
drysech chi,
dryssech chi
drysen nhw,
dryssen nhw
preterite drysais i,
dryses i
drysaist ti,
drysest ti
drysodd o/e/hi dryson ni drysoch chi dryson nhw
imperative drysa dryswch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of drysu
radical soft nasal aspirate
drysu ddrysu nrysu unchanged

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

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “drysu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies