llygota

Welsh

Etymology

From llygod (mice) +‎ -a. Cognate with Cornish legessa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɬəˈɡɔta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta

Verb

llygota (first-person singular present llygotaf)

  1. to mouse, to hunt or catch mouse or rats (especially of a cat or owl)
  2. to pry about

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future llygotaf llygoti llygota llygotwn llygotwch llygotant llygotir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
llygotwn llygotit llygotai llygotem llygotech llygotent llygotid
preterite llygotais llygotaist llygotodd llygotasom llygotasoch llygotasant llygotwyd
pluperfect llygotaswn llygotasit llygotasai llygotasem llygotasech llygotasent llygotasid, llygotesid
present subjunctive llygotwyf llygotych llygoto llygotom llygotoch llygotont llygoter
imperative llygot llygoted llygotwn llygotwch llygotent llygoter
verbal noun llygota
verbal adjectives llygotedig
llygotadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future llygota i,
llygotaf i
llygoti di llygotith o/e/hi,
llygotiff e/hi
llygotwn ni llygotwch chi llygotan nhw
conditional llygotwn i,
llygotswn i
llygotet ti,
llygotset ti
llygotai fo/fe/hi,
llygotsai fo/fe/hi
llygoten ni,
llygotsen ni
llygotech chi,
llygotsech chi
llygoten nhw,
llygotsen nhw
preterite llygotais i,
llygotes i
llygotaist ti,
llygotest ti
llygotodd o/e/hi llygoton ni llygotoch chi llygoton nhw
imperative llygota llygotwch

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of llygota
radical soft nasal aspirate
llygota lygota unchanged unchanged

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

Further reading

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