mefusa

Welsh

Etymology

From mefus (“strawberries”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛˈvɨ̞sa/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɛˈvɪsa/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞sa

Verb

mefusa (first-person singular present mefusaf)

1. to gather strawberries

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mefusaf	mefusi	mefusa	mefuswn	mefuswch	mefusant	mefusir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mefuswn	mefusit	mefusai	mefusem	mefusech	mefusent	mefusid
preterite	mefusais	mefusaist	mefusodd	mefusasom	mefusasoch	mefusasant	mefuswyd
pluperfect	mefusaswn	mefusasit	mefusasai	mefusasem	mefusasech	mefusasent	mefusasid, mefusesid
present subjunctive	mefuswyf	mefusych	mefuso	mefusom	mefusoch	mefusont	mefuser
imperative	—	mefusa	mefused	mefuswn	mefuswch	mefusent	mefuser
verbal noun	mefusa
verbal adjectives	mefusedig mefusadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mefusa i, mefusaf i	mefusi di	mefusith o/e/hi, mefusiff e/hi	mefuswn ni	mefuswch chi	mefusan nhw
conditional	mefuswn i	mefuset ti	mefusai fo/fe/hi	mefusen ni	mefusech chi	mefusen nhw
preterite	mefusais i, mefuses i	mefusaist ti, mefusest ti	mefusodd o/e/hi	mefuson ni	mefusoch chi	mefuson nhw
imperative	—	mefusa	—	—	mefuswch	—

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mefusa

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