drysu

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From d(y)rys (“tangled, thorny”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

drysu (first-person singular present drysaf)

  1. (transitive) to tangle, to entangle
  2. (transitive) to muddle, to mess up, to disorganise
  3. (transitive) to confuse, to confound, to bewilder
  4. (intransitive) to be confused

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future drysaf drysi drysa dryswn dryswch drysant drysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 dryswn drysit drysai drysem drysech drysent drysid
preterite drysais drysaist drysodd drysasom drysasoch drysasant dryswyd
pluperfect drysaswn drysasit drysasai drysasem drysasech drysasent drysasid, drysesid
present subjunctive dryswyf drysych dryso drysom drysoch drysont dryser
imperative — drysa drysed dryswn dryswch drysent dryser
verbal noun drysu
verbal adjectives drysedig
drysadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future drysa i, drysaf i drysi di drysith o/e/hi, drysiff e/hi dryswn ni dryswch chi drysan nhw
conditional dryswn i, drysswn i dryset ti, drysset ti drysai fo/fe/hi, dryssai fo/fe/hi drysen ni, dryssen ni drysech chi, dryssech chi drysen nhw, dryssen nhw
preterite drysais i, dryses i drysaist ti, drysest ti drysodd o/e/hi dryson ni drysoch chi dryson nhw
imperative — drysa — — dryswch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
drysu ddrysu nrysu unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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