llwgu

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬʊɡɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬuːɡi/, /ˈɬʊɡi/

Verb

llwgu (first-person singular present llwgaf)

1. to starve

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	llwgaf	llwgi	llwg, llwga	llwgwn	llwgwch	llwgant	llwgir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	llwgwn	llwgit	llwgai	llwgem	llwgech	llwgent	llwgid
preterite	llwgais	llwgaist	llwgodd	llwgasom	llwgasoch	llwgasant	llwgwyd
pluperfect	llwgaswn	llwgasit	llwgasai	llwgasem	llwgasech	llwgasent	llwgasid, llwgesid
present subjunctive	llwgwyf	llwgych	llwgo	llwgom	llwgoch	llwgont	llwger
imperative	—	llwg, llwga	llwged	llwgwn	llwgwch	llwgent	llwger
verbal noun	llwgu
verbal adjectives	llwgedig llwgadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	llwga i, llwgaf i	llwgi di	llwgith o/e/hi, llwgiff e/hi	llwgwn ni	llwgwch chi	llwgan nhw
conditional	llwgwn i, llwgswn i	llwget ti, llwgset ti	llwgai fo/fe/hi, llwgsai fo/fe/hi	llwgen ni, llwgsen ni	llwgech chi, llwgsech chi	llwgen nhw, llwgsen nhw
preterite	llwgais i, llwges i	llwgaist ti, llwgest ti	llwgodd o/e/hi	llwgon ni	llwgoch chi	llwgon nhw
imperative	—	llwga	—	—	llwgwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• llwglyd (“starving, hungry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llwgu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llwgu	lwgu	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), “llwgu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies