percu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]perc (“excellent, trim”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpɛrkɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpɛrki/
Verb
[edit]percu (first-person singular present percaf)
- (transitive) to perk up, to smarten
- Synonym: twtio
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | percaf | perci | perc, perca | percwn | percwch | percant | percir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
percwn | percit | percai | percem | percech | percent | percid | |
| preterite | percais | percaist | percodd | percasom | percasoch | percasant | percwyd | |
| pluperfect | percaswn | percasit | percasai | percasem | percasech | percasent | percasid, percesid | |
| present subjunctive | percwyf | percych | perco | percom | percoch | percont | percer | |
| imperative | — | perc, perca | perced | percwn | percwch | percent | percer | |
| verbal noun | percu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | percedig percadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | perca i, percaf i | perci di | percith o/e/hi, perciff e/hi | percwn ni | percwch chi | percan nhw |
| conditional | percwn i, percswn i | percet ti, percset ti | percai fo/fe/hi, percsai fo/fe/hi | percen ni, percsen ni | percech chi, percsech chi | percen nhw, percsen nhw |
| preterite | percais i, perces i | percaist ti, percest ti | percodd o/e/hi | percon ni | percoch chi | percon nhw |
| imperative | — | perca | — | — | percwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||