ebychu

Welsh

Etymology

ebwch (groan, sigh) +‎ -u.

Verb

ebychu (first-person singular present ebychaf)

  1. (ambitransitive) to exclaim, to interject

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ebychaf ebychi ebycha ebychwn ebychwch ebychant ebychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
ebychwn ebychit ebychai ebychem ebychech ebychent ebychid
preterite ebychais ebychaist ebychodd ebychasom ebychasoch ebychasant ebychwyd
pluperfect ebychaswn ebychasit ebychasai ebychasem ebychasech ebychasent ebychasid, ebychesid
present subjunctive ebychwyf ebychych ebycho ebychom ebychoch ebychont ebycher
imperative ebycha ebyched ebychwn ebychwch ebychent ebycher
verbal noun ebychu
verbal adjectives ebychedig
ebychadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future ebycha i,
ebychaf i
ebychi di ebychith o/e/hi,
ebychiff e/hi
ebychwn ni ebychwch chi ebychan nhw
conditional ebychwn i,
ebychswn i
ebychet ti,
ebychset ti
ebychai fo/fe/hi,
ebychsai fo/fe/hi
ebychen ni,
ebychsen ni
ebychech chi,
ebychsech chi
ebychen nhw,
ebychsen nhw
preterite ebychais i,
ebyches i
ebychaist ti,
ebychest ti
ebychodd o/e/hi ebychon ni ebychoch chi ebychon nhw
imperative ebycha ebychwch

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ebychu
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ebychu unchanged unchanged hebychu

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ebychu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ebychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies