llusa

Welsh

Etymology

From llus (“bilberries”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɨ̞sa/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɪsa/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞sa

Verb

llusa (first-person singular present llusaf)

1. to gather bilberries, to go bilberrying

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	llusaf	llusi	llusa	lluswn	lluswch	llusant	llusir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	lluswn	llusit	llusai	llusem	llusech	llusent	llusid
preterite	llusais	llusaist	llusodd	llusasom	llusasoch	llusasant	lluswyd
pluperfect	llusaswn	llusasit	llusasai	llusasem	llusasech	llusasent	llusasid, llusesid
present subjunctive	lluswyf	llusych	lluso	llusom	llusoch	llusont	lluser
imperative	—	llusa	llused	lluswn	lluswch	llusent	lluser
verbal noun	llusa
verbal adjectives	llusedig llusadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	llusa i, llusaf i	llusi di	llusith o/e/hi, llusiff e/hi	lluswn ni	lluswch chi	llusan nhw
conditional	lluswn i	lluset ti	llusai fo/fe/hi	llusen ni	llusech chi	llusen nhw
preterite	llusais i, lluses i	llusaist ti, llusest ti	llusodd o/e/hi	lluson ni	llusoch chi	lluson nhw
imperative	—	llusa	—	—	lluswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of llusa

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llusa	lusa	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llusa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies