mwsogla

Welsh

Etymology

From mwsogl (“moss”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈsɔɡla/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡla

Verb

mwsogla (first-person singular present mwsoglaf)

1. to gather moss
2. to become mossy
3. to fill gaps with moss

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mwsoglaf	mwsogli	mwsogla	mwsoglwn	mwsoglwch	mwsoglant	mwsoglir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mwsoglwn	mwsoglit	mwsoglai	mwsoglem	mwsoglech	mwsoglent	mwsoglid
preterite	mwsoglais	mwsoglaist	mwsoglodd	mwsoglasom	mwsoglasoch	mwsoglasant	mwsoglwyd
pluperfect	mwsoglaswn	mwsoglasit	mwsoglasai	mwsoglasem	mwsoglasech	mwsoglasent	mwsoglasid, mwsoglesid
present subjunctive	mwsoglwyf	mwsoglych	mwsoglo	mwsoglom	mwsogloch	mwsoglont	mwsogler
imperative	—	mwsogl	mwsogled	mwsoglwn	mwsoglwch	mwsoglent	mwsogler
verbal noun	mwsogla
verbal adjectives	mwsogledig mwsogladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mwsogla i, mwsoglaf i	mwsogli di	mwsoglith o/e/hi, mwsogliff e/hi	mwsoglwn ni	mwsoglwch chi	mwsoglan nhw
conditional	mwsoglwn i, mwsoglswn i	mwsoglet ti, mwsoglset ti	mwsoglai fo/fe/hi, mwsoglsai fo/fe/hi	mwsoglen ni, mwsoglsen ni	mwsoglech chi, mwsoglsech chi	mwsoglen nhw, mwsoglsen nhw
preterite	mwsoglais i, mwsogles i	mwsoglaist ti, mwsoglest ti	mwsoglodd o/e/hi	mwsoglon ni	mwsogloch chi	mwsoglon nhw
imperative	—	mwsogla	—	—	mwsoglwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• carreg a dreigla ni fwsloga (“a rolling stone gathers no moss”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwsogla	fwsogla	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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