drysu
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) dyrysu
Etymology
[edit]From d(y)rys (“tangled, thorny”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdrəsɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdrəsi/
Verb
[edit]drysu (first-person singular present drysaf)
- (transitive) to tangle, to entangle
- (transitive) to muddle, to mess up, to disorganise
- (transitive) to confuse, to confound, to bewilder
- (intransitive) to be confused
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | drysaf | drysi | drysa | dryswn | dryswch | drysant | drysir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dryswn | drysit | drysai | drysem | drysech | drysent | drysid | |
| preterite | drysais | drysaist | drysodd | drysasom | drysasoch | drysasant | dryswyd | |
| pluperfect | drysaswn | drysasit | drysasai | drysasem | drysasech | drysasent | drysasid, drysesid | |
| present subjunctive | dryswyf | drysych | dryso | drysom | drysoch | drysont | dryser | |
| imperative | — | drysa | drysed | dryswn | dryswch | drysent | dryser | |
| verbal noun | drysu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | drysedig drysadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | drysa i, drysaf i | drysi di | drysith o/e/hi, drysiff e/hi | dryswn ni | dryswch chi | drysan nhw |
| conditional | dryswn i, drysswn i | dryset ti, drysset ti | drysai fo/fe/hi, dryssai fo/fe/hi | drysen ni, dryssen ni | drysech chi, dryssech chi | drysen nhw, dryssen nhw |
| preterite | drysais i, dryses i | drysaist ti, drysest ti | drysodd o/e/hi | dryson ni | drysoch chi | dryson nhw |
| imperative | — | drysa | — | — | dryswch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| drysu | ddrysu | nrysu | 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]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “drysu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies