esblygu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From es- (“ex-”) + plygu (“to fold”). Calque of Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”).
Verb
[edit]esblygu (first-person singular present esblygaf)
- (transitive, intransitive) to evolve
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | esblygaf | esblygi | esblyga | esblygwn | esblygwch | esblygant | esblygir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
esblygwn | esblygit | esblygai | esblygem | esblygech | esblygent | esblygid | |
preterite | esblygais | esblygaist | esblygodd | esblygasom | esblygasoch | esblygasant | esblygwyd | |
pluperfect | esblygaswn | esblygasit | esblygasai | esblygasem | esblygasech | esblygasent | esblygasid, esblygesid | |
present subjunctive | esblygwyf | esblygych | esblygo | esblygom | esblygoch | esblygont | esblyger | |
imperative | — | esblyga | esblyged | esblygwn | esblygwch | esblygent | esblyger | |
verbal noun | esblygu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | esblygedig esblygadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | esblyga i, esblygaf i | esblygi di | esblygith o/e/hi, esblygiff e/hi | esblygwn ni | esblygwch chi | esblygan nhw |
conditional | esblygwn i, esblygswn i | esblyget ti, esblygset ti | esblygai fo/fe/hi, esblygsai fo/fe/hi | esblygen ni, esblygsen ni | esblygech chi, esblygsech chi | esblygen nhw, esblygsen nhw |
preterite | esblygais i, esblyges i | esblygaist ti, esblygest ti | esblygodd o/e/hi | esblygon ni | esblygoch chi | esblygon nhw |
imperative | — | esblyga | — | — | esblygwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- esblygedig (“evolved”)
- esblygiad (“evolution”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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esblygu | unchanged | unchanged | hesblygu |
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), “esblygu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies