drewi
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Irish dreoigh (“putrefy, rot, decay”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]drewi (first-person singular present drewaf)
- (intransitive) to stink, to be putrid
- (transitive) to cause to stink, to foul
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | drewaf | drewi | drewa | drewn | drewch | drewant | drewir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | drewn | drewit | drewai | drewem | drewech | drewent | drewid | |
preterite | drewais | drewaist | drewodd | drewsom | drewsoch | drewsant | drewyd | |
pluperfect | drewswn | drewsit | drewsai | drewsem | drewsech | drewsent | drewsid | |
present subjunctive | drewyf | drewych | drewo | drewom | drewoch | drewont | drewer | |
imperative | — | drewa | drewed | drewn | drewch | drewent | drewer | |
verbal noun | drewi | |||||||
verbal adjectives | drewedig drewadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | drewa i, drewaf i | drewi di | drewith o/e/hi, drewiff e/hi | drewn ni | drewch chi | drewan nhw |
conditional | drewn i, drewswn i | drewet ti, drewset ti | drewai fo/fe/hi, drewsai fo/fe/hi | drewen ni, drewsen ni | drewech chi, drewsech chi | drewen nhw, drewsen nhw |
preterite | drewais i, drewes i | drewaist ti, drewest ti | drewodd o/e/hi | drewon ni | drewoch chi | drewon nhw |
imperative | — | drewa | — | — | drewch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “drewi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies