biasu
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbjasɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbjasi/
Verb
[edit]biasu (first-person singular present biasaf)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | biasaf | biasi | biasa | biaswn | biaswch | biasant | biasir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
biaswn | biasit | biasai | biasem | biasech | biasent | biasid | |
| preterite | biasais | biasaist | biasodd | biasasom | biasasoch | biasasant | biaswyd | |
| pluperfect | biasaswn | biasasit | biasasai | biasasem | biasasech | biasasent | biasasid, biasesid | |
| present subjunctive | biaswyf | biasych | biaso | biasom | biasoch | biasont | biaser | |
| imperative | — | biasa | biased | biaswn | biaswch | biasent | biaser | |
| verbal noun | biasu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | biasedig biasadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | biasa i, biasaf i | biasi di | biasith o/e/hi, biasiff e/hi | biaswn ni | biaswch chi | biasan nhw |
| conditional | biaswn i, biasswn i | biaset ti, biasset ti | biasai fo/fe/hi, biassai fo/fe/hi | biasen ni, biassen ni | biasech chi, biassech chi | biasen nhw, biassen nhw |
| preterite | biasais i, biases i | biasaist ti, biasest ti | biasodd o/e/hi | biason ni | biasoch chi | biason nhw |
| imperative | — | biasa | — | — | biaswch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- biasedig (“biased, having bias”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| biasu | fiasu | miasu | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “biasu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies