casglu

Welsh

Etymology

From casgl (“collection”) +‎ -u, possibly from Vulgar Latin *quaest-, a frequentative of Latin quaero (“I seek, look for”).[1] Cognate with Breton klask.[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

casglu (first-person singular present casglaf)

  1. (transitive) to gather, to collect
  2. (intransitive) to accumulate, to accrete

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future casglaf cesgli casgl casglwn cesglwch, casglwch casglant cesglir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 casglwn casglit casglai casglem casglech casglent cesglid
preterite cesglais cesglaist casglodd casglasom casglasoch casglasant casglwyd
pluperfect casglaswn casglasit casglasai casglasem casglasech casglasent casglasid, casglesid
present subjunctive casglwyf cesglych casglo casglom casgloch casglont casgler
imperative — casgla casgled casglwn cesglwch, casglwch casglent casgler
verbal noun casglu
verbal adjectives casgledig
casgladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future casgla i, casglaf i casgli di casglith o/e/hi, casgliff e/hi casglwn ni casglwch chi casglan nhw
conditional casglwn i, casglswn i casglet ti, casglset ti casglai fo/fe/hi, casglsai fo/fe/hi casglen ni, casglsen ni casglech chi, casglsech chi casglen nhw, casglsen nhw
preterite casglais i, casgles i casglaist ti, casglest ti casglodd o/e/hi casglon ni casgloch chi casglon nhw
imperative — casgla — — casglwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • casgliad (“gathering, collection”)
  • casglwr (“collector”)
  • casglydd (“collector”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
casglu gasglu nghasglu chasglu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press.
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “casglu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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