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rhegi

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Welsh

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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rhegi (first-person singular present rhegaf)

  1. (intransitive) to curse, to swear

Conjugation

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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
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of rhegi
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

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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’