casglu

Welsh

Alternative forms

clasgu

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

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkasɡlɨ/, [ˈkʰasklɨ]
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkasɡli/, [ˈkʰaskli]

Verb

casglu (first-person singular present casglaf)

(transitive) to gather, to collect
(intransitive) to accumulate, to accrete

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
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
inflected colloquial forms	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

Mutated forms of *casglu*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
casglu	gasglu	nghasglu	chasglu

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

References

^ Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press.
^ 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

[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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