ymesgusodi

Welsh

Etymology

ym- +‎ esgusodi

Verb

ymesgusodi (first-person singular present ymesgusodaf)

1. (transitive) to excuse, to make excuses for, to apologise for
2. (intransitive) to excuse oneself, to make excuses for oneself, to apologise

   Ond dechreuodd pawb ymesgusodi yn unfryd.

   But they all began as one to make excuses.

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ymesgusodaf	ymesgusodi	ymesgusod	ymesgusodwn	ymesgusodwch	ymesgusodant	ymesgusodir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ymesgusodwn	ymesgusodit	ymesgusodai	ymesgusodem	ymesgusodech	ymesgusodent	ymesgusodid
preterite	ymesgusodais	ymesgusodaist	ymesgusododd	ymesgusodasom	ymesgusodasoch	ymesgusodasant	ymesgusodwyd
pluperfect	ymesgusodaswn	ymesgusodasit	ymesgusodasai	ymesgusodasem	ymesgusodasech	ymesgusodasent	ymesgusodasid, ymesgusodesid
present subjunctive	ymesgusodwyf	ymesgusodych	ymesgusodo	ymesgusodom	ymesgusodoch	ymesgusodont	ymesgusoder
imperative	—	ymesgusod	ymesgusoded	ymesgusodwn	ymesgusodwch	ymesgusodent	ymesgusoder
verbal noun	ymesgusodi
verbal adjectives	ymesgusodedig ymesgusodadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ymesgusoda i, ymesgusodaf i	ymesgusodi di	ymesgusodith o/e/hi, ymesgusodiff e/hi	ymesgusodwn ni	ymesgusodwch chi	ymesgusodan nhw
conditional	ymesgusodwn i, ymesgusodswn i	ymesgusodet ti, ymesgusodset ti	ymesgusodai fo/fe/hi, ymesgusodsai fo/fe/hi	ymesgusoden ni, ymesgusodsen ni	ymesgusodech chi, ymesgusodsech chi	ymesgusoden nhw, ymesgusodsen nhw
preterite	ymesgusodais i, ymesgusodes i	ymesgusodaist ti, ymesgusodest ti	ymesgusododd o/e/hi	ymesgusodon ni	ymesgusodoch chi	ymesgusodon nhw
imperative	—	ymesgusoda	—	—	ymesgusodwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• ymesgusodiad

Mutation

Mutated forms of ymesgusodi

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ymesgusodi	unchanged	unchanged	hymesgusodi

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ymesgusodi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies