anwesu

Welsh

Etymology

From anwes (“caress”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /anˈwɛsɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /anˈwɛsi/

Verb

anwesu (first-person singular present anwesaf)

1. to caress, to pet, to fondle

   Synonyms: mwytho, maldodi, anwylio, cofleidio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	anwesaf	anwesi	anwes	anweswn	anweswch	anwesant	anwesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	anweswn	anwesit	anwesai	anwesem	anwesech	anwesent	anwesid
preterite	anwesais	anwesaist	anwesodd	anwesasom	anwesasoch	anwesasant	anweswyd
pluperfect	anwesaswn	anwesasit	anwesasai	anwesasem	anwesasech	anwesasent	anwesasid, anwesesid
present subjunctive	anweswyf	anwesych	anweso	anwesom	anwesoch	anwesont	anweser
imperative	—	anwes	anwesed	anweswn	anweswch	anwesent	anweser
verbal noun	anwesu
verbal adjectives	anwesedig anwesadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	anwesa i, anwesaf i	anwesi di	anwesith o/e/hi, anwesiff e/hi	anweswn ni	anweswch chi	anwesan nhw
conditional	anweswn i, anwesswn i	anweset ti, anwesset ti	anwesai fo/fe/hi, anwessai fo/fe/hi	anwesen ni, anwessen ni	anwesech chi, anwessech chi	anwesen nhw, anwessen nhw
preterite	anwesais i, anweses i	anwesaist ti, anwesest ti	anwesodd o/e/hi	anweson ni	anwesoch chi	anweson nhw
imperative	—	anwesa	—	—	anweswch	—

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

Derived terms

• anwesiad (“caressment, indulgence”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anwesu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
anwesu	unchanged	unchanged	hanwesu

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