hybu

Welsh

Etymology

Equivalent to hẁb (“push, thrust, impetus”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

hybu (first-person singular present hybaf, not mutable)

  1. to promote (to attempt to popularise), to further
    Synonym: hyrwyddo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hybaf hybi hyba hybwn hybwch hybant hybir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		hybwn hybit hybai hybem hybech hybent hybid
preterite hybais hybaist hybodd hybasom hybasoch hybasant hybwyd
pluperfect hybaswn hybasit hybasai hybasem hybasech hybasent hybasid, hybesid
present subjunctive hybwyf hybych hybo hybom hyboch hybont hyber
imperative — hyba hybed hybwn hybwch hybent hyber
verbal noun hybu
verbal adjectives hybedig
hybadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future hyba i,
hybaf i 		hybi di hybith o/e/hi,
hybiff e/hi 		hybwn ni hybwch chi hyban nhw
conditional hybwn i,
hybswn i 		hybet ti,
hybset ti 		hybai fo/fe/hi,
hybsai fo/fe/hi 		hyben ni,
hybsen ni 		hybech chi,
hybsech chi 		hyben nhw,
hybsen nhw
preterite hybais i,
hybes i 		hybaist ti,
hybest ti 		hybodd o/e/hi hybon ni hyboch chi hybon nhw
imperative — hyba — — hybwch —

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

Further reading

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