rhegi
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”),[1] in which case cognate with Latin prex (“prayer, request”), German Frage (“question”), English pray. Alternatively, related to Sanskrit रच् (rac, “to compose”) and Proto-Slavic *rekti (“to say”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɛɡi/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈr̥eːɡi/, /ˈr̥ɛɡi/
Verb
[edit]rhegi (first-person singular present rhegaf)
- (intransitive) to curse, to swear
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | rhegaf | rhegi | rheg, rhega | rhegwn | rhegwch | rhegant | rhegir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
rhegwn | rhegit | rhegai | rhegem | rhegech | rhegent | rhegid | |
| preterite | rhegais | rhegaist | rhegodd | rhegasom | rhegasoch | rhegasant | rhegwyd | |
| pluperfect | rhegaswn | rhegasit | rhegasai | rhegasem | rhegasech | rhegasent | rhegasid, rhegesid | |
| present subjunctive | rhegwyf | rhegych | rhego | rhegom | rhegoch | rhegont | rheger | |
| imperative | — | rheg, rhega | rheged | rhegwn | rhegwch | rhegent | rheger | |
| verbal noun | rhegi | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | rhegedig rhegadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | rhega i, rhegaf i | rhegi di | rhegith o/e/hi, rhegiff e/hi | rhegwn ni | rhegwch chi | rhegan nhw |
| conditional | rhegwn i, rhegswn i | rheget ti, rhegset ti | rhegai fo/fe/hi, rhegsai fo/fe/hi | rhegen ni, rhegsen ni | rhegech chi, rhegsech chi | rhegen nhw, rhegsen nhw |
| preterite | rhegais i, rheges i | rhegaist ti, rhegest ti | rhegodd o/e/hi | rhegon ni | rhegoch chi | rhegon nhw |
| imperative | — | rhega | — | — | rhegwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhegi | regi | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhegi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rekti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 433: “v. (c) ‘speak, say’”