llygru

Welsh

Etymology

From llwgr +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

llygru (first-person singular present llygraf)

  1. (transitive) to corrupt
  2. (transitive) to contaminate, to pollute, to adulterate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future llygraf llygri llygra llygrwn llygrwch llygrant llygrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
llygrwn llygrit llygrai llygrem llygrech llygrent llygrid
preterite llygrais llygraist llygrodd llygrasom llygrasoch llygrasant llygrwyd
pluperfect llygraswn llygrasit llygrasai llygrasem llygrasech llygrasent llygrasid, llygresid
present subjunctive llygrwyf llygrych llygro llygrom llygroch llygront llygrer
imperative llygra llygred llygrwn llygrwch llygrent llygrer
verbal noun llygru
verbal adjectives llygredig
llygradwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future llygra i,
llygraf i
llygri di llygrith o/e/hi,
llygriff e/hi
llygrwn ni llygrwch chi llygran nhw
conditional llygrwn i,
llygrswn i
llygret ti,
llygrset ti
llygrai fo/fe/hi,
llygrsai fo/fe/hi
llygren ni,
llygrsen ni
llygrech chi,
llygrsech chi
llygren nhw,
llygrsen nhw
preterite llygrais i,
llygres i
llygraist ti,
llygrest ti
llygrodd o/e/hi llygron ni llygroch chi llygron nhw
imperative llygra llygrwch

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

Derived terms

  • llgyradwy (perishable; corruptible)
  • llygredig (corrupt)
  • llygriad (corruption; contamination, pollution)
  • llygrwr (corrupter, adulterator)
  • llygrydd (contaminant, pollutant)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llygru
radical soft nasal aspirate
llygru lygru unchanged unchanged

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