tecáu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]teg (“fair, beautiful”) + -áu
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /tɛˈkaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tɛˈkai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
[edit]tecáu (first-person singular present tecâf)
- (transitive) to make beautiful, to beautify, to adorn
- (intransitive) to become beautiful
- Synonyms: harddu, prydferthu
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | tecâf | tecei | tecâ | tecawn | tecewch | tecânt | teceir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | tecawn | tecait | tecâi | tecaem | tecaech | tecaent | teceid | |
| preterite | teceais | teceaist | tecaodd | tecasom | tecasoch | tecasant | tecawyd | |
| pluperfect | tecaswn | tecasit | tecasai | tecasem | tecasech | tecasent | tecasid, tecesid | |
| present subjunctive | tecawyf | teceych | tecao | tecaom | tecaoch | tecaont | tecaer | |
| imperative | — | tecâ | tecaed | tecawn | tecewch | tecaent | tecaer | |
| verbal noun | tecáu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | tecedig tecadwy | |||||||
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tecáu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies