edmygu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ate-ambi-mik-,[1] corresponding to the prefixes ad-, am- and a final element derived from Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to twinkle”) (as in dirmygu and dychmygu).

Pronunciation

Verb

edmygu (first-person singular present edmygaf)

  1. to admire
    Antonym: dirmygu

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future edmyga i,
edmygaf i 		edmygi di edmygith o/e/hi,
edmygiff e/hi 		edmygwn ni edmygwch chi edmygan nhw
conditional edmygwn i,
edmygswn i 		edmyget ti,
edmygset ti 		edmygai fo/fe/hi,
edmygsai fo/fe/hi 		edmygen ni,
edmygsen ni 		edmygech chi,
edmygsech chi 		edmygen nhw,
edmygsen nhw
preterite edmygais i,
edmyges i 		edmygaist ti,
edmygest ti 		edmygodd o/e/hi edmygon ni edmygoch chi edmygon nhw
imperative — edmyga — — edmygwch —

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of edmygu
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
edmygu unchanged unchanged hedmygu

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

References

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