pesychu

Welsh

Etymology

From pas (“cough”, noun) +‎ -ychu, from Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /pɛˈsəχɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pɛˈsəχi/
• Rhymes: -əχɨ̞

Verb

pesychu (first-person singular present pesychaf)

1. to cough

   Synonyms: (Northwest Wales) tagu, (South Wales) peswch

   Dw i’n dal i besychu ar ôl y feirws ’na oedd gen i.

   I’m still coughing after that virus I had.

Derived terms

• peswch (“a cough; to cough”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pesychu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pesychu	besychu	mhesychu	phesychu

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