llygru

Welsh

Etymology

From llwgr +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəɡrɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəɡri/

Verb

llygru (first-person singular present llygraf)

1. (transitive) to corrupt
2. (transitive) to contaminate, to pollute, to adulterate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	llygraf	llygri	llygra	llygrwn	llygrwch	llygrant	llygrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	llygrwn	llygrit	llygrai	llygrem	llygrech	llygrent	llygrid
preterite	llygrais	llygraist	llygrodd	llygrasom	llygrasoch	llygrasant	llygrwyd
pluperfect	llygraswn	llygrasit	llygrasai	llygrasem	llygrasech	llygrasent	llygrasid, llygresid
present subjunctive	llygrwyf	llygrych	llygro	llygrom	llygroch	llygront	llygrer
imperative	—	llygra	llygred	llygrwn	llygrwch	llygrent	llygrer
verbal noun	llygru
verbal adjectives	llygredig llygradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	llygra i, llygraf i	llygri di	llygrith o/e/hi, llygriff e/hi	llygrwn ni	llygrwch chi	llygran nhw
conditional	llygrwn i, llygrswn i	llygret ti, llygrset ti	llygrai fo/fe/hi, llygrsai fo/fe/hi	llygren ni, llygrsen ni	llygrech chi, llygrsech chi	llygren nhw, llygrsen nhw
preterite	llygrais i, llygres i	llygraist ti, llygrest ti	llygrodd o/e/hi	llygron ni	llygroch chi	llygron nhw
imperative	—	llygra	—	—	llygrwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• llgyradwy (“perishable; corruptible”)
• llygredig (“corrupt”)
• llygriad (“corruption; contamination, pollution”)
• llygrwr (“corrupter, adulterator”)
• llygrydd (“contaminant, pollutant”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llygru

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llygru	lygru	unchanged	unchanged

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