amgáu

Welsh

Etymology

From am- +‎ cau (“to close”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /amˈɡaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /amˈɡai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Verb

amgáu (first-person singular present amgaeaf)

1. to enclose

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	amgaeaf	amgaei	amgae	amgaewn	amgaewch	amgaeant	amgaeir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	amgaewn	amgaeit	amgaeai	amgaeem	amgaeech	amgaeent	amgaeid
preterite	amgaeais	amgaeaist	amgaeodd	amgaeasom	amgaeasoch	amgaeasant	amgaewyd
pluperfect	amgaeaswn	amgaeasit	amgaeasai	amgaeasem	amgaeasech	amgaeasent	amgaeasid, amgaeesid
present subjunctive	amgaewyf	amgaeych	amgaeo	amgaeom	amgaeoch	amgaeont	amgaeer
imperative	—	amgau, amgaea	amgaeed	amgaewn	amgaewch	amgaeent	amgaeer
verbal noun	amgáu
verbal adjectives	amgaeedig amgaeadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	amgaea i, amgaeaf i	amgaei di	amgaeith o/e/hi, amgaeiff e/hi	amgaewn ni	amgaewch chi	amgaean nhw
conditional	amgaewn i, amgaeswn i	amgaeet ti, amgaeset ti	amgaeai fo/fe/hi, amgaesai fo/fe/hi	amgaeen ni, amgaesen ni	amgaeech chi, amgaesech chi	amgaeen nhw, amgaesen nhw
preterite	amgaeais i, amgaees i	amgaeaist ti, amgaeest ti	amgaeodd o/e/hi	amgaeon ni	amgaeoch chi	amgaeon nhw
imperative	—	amgaea	—	—	amgaewch	—

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

Derived terms

• amgaeedig (“enclosed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amgáu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amgáu	unchanged	unchanged	hamgáu

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), “amgáu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies