mefusa
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mefus (“strawberries”) + -a.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɛˈvɨ̞sa/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /mɛˈvɪsa/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞sa
Verb
[edit]mefusa (first-person singular present mefusaf)
- to gather strawberries
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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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
[edit]- 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