archebu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From archeb (“order, request”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /arˈχɛbɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /arˈχeːbi/, /arˈχɛbi/
- Rhymes: -ɛbɨ
Verb
[edit]archebu (first-person singular present archebaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | archebaf | archebi | archeb, archeb | archebwn | archebwch | archebant | archebir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
archebwn | archebit | archebai | archebem | archebech | archebent | archebid | |
| preterite | archebais | archebaist | archebodd | archebasom | archebasoch | archebasant | archebwyd | |
| pluperfect | archebaswn | archebasit | archebasai | archebasem | archebasech | archebasent | archebasid, archebesid | |
| present subjunctive | archebwyf | archebych | archebo | archebom | archeboch | archebont | archeber | |
| imperative | — | archeb, archeba | archebed | archebwn | archebwch | archebent | archeber | |
| verbal noun | archebu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | archebedig archebadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | archeba i, archebaf i | archebi di | archebith o/e/hi, archebiff e/hi | archebwn ni | archebwch chi | archeban nhw |
| conditional | archebwn i, archebswn i | archebet ti, archebset ti | archebai fo/fe/hi, archebsai fo/fe/hi | archeben ni, archebsen ni | archebech chi, archebsech chi | archeben nhw, archebsen nhw |
| preterite | archebais i, archebes i | archebaist ti, archebest ti | archebodd o/e/hi | archebon ni | archeboch chi | archebon nhw |
| imperative | — | archeba | — | — | archebwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| archebu | unchanged | unchanged | harchebu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “archebu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies