brawychu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From braw (“fright, terror”) + -ychu.
Verb
[edit]brawychu (first-person singular present brawychaf)
- (intransitive) to fear, to be frightened
- (transitive) to frighten, to terrify
- Synonym: dychryn
- (transitive) to terrorise
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | brawychaf | brawychi | brawycha | brawychwn | brawychwch | brawychant | brawychir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
brawychwn | brawychit | brawychai | brawychem | brawychech | brawychent | brawychid | |
| preterite | brawychais | brawychaist | brawychodd | brawychasom | brawychasoch | brawychasant | brawychwyd | |
| pluperfect | brawychaswn | brawychasit | brawychasai | brawychasem | brawychasech | brawychasent | brawychasid, brawychesid | |
| present subjunctive | brawychwyf | brawychych | brawycho | brawychom | brawychoch | brawychont | brawycher | |
| imperative | — | brawycha | brawyched | brawychwn | brawychwch | brawychent | brawycher | |
| verbal noun | brawychu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | brawychedig brawychadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | brawycha i, brawychaf i | brawychi di | brawychith o/e/hi, brawychiff e/hi | brawychwn ni | brawychwch chi | brawychan nhw |
| conditional | brawychwn i, brawychswn i | brawychet ti, brawychset ti | brawychai fo/fe/hi, brawychsai fo/fe/hi | brawychen ni, brawychsen ni | brawychech chi, brawychsech chi | brawychen nhw, brawychsen nhw |
| preterite | brawychais i, brawyches i | brawychaist ti, brawychest ti | brawychodd o/e/hi | brawychon ni | brawychoch chi | brawychon nhw |
| imperative | — | brawycha | — | — | brawychwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- brawychdod (“fright, terror”)
- brawychiad (“terrifying, frightening, intimidation”)
- brawychiaeth (“terrorism”)
- brawychus (“frightening, terrifying”)
- brawychwr (“terrorist”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| brawychu | frawychu | mrawychu | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brawychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies