macsu

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English mask +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

macsu (first-person singular present macsaf)

  1. (South Wales, Pembrokeshire) to brew, to mash
    Synonym: brecáu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future macsaf macsi macs, macsa macswn macswch macsant macsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
macswn macsit macsai macsem macsech macsent macsid
preterite macsais macsaist macsodd macsasom macsasoch macsasant macswyd
pluperfect macsaswn macsasit macsasai macsasem macsasech macsasent macsasid, macsesid
present subjunctive macswyf macsych macso macsom macsoch macsont macser
imperative macs, macsa macsed macswn macswch macsent macser
verbal noun macsu
verbal adjectives macsedig
macsadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future macsa i,
macsaf i
macsi di macsith o/e/hi,
macsiff e/hi
macswn ni macswch chi macsan nhw
conditional macswn i,
macsswn i
macset ti,
macsset ti
macsai fo/fe/hi,
macssai fo/fe/hi
macsen ni,
macssen ni
macsech chi,
macssech chi
macsen nhw,
macssen nhw
preterite macsais i,
macses i
macsaist ti,
macsest ti
macsodd o/e/hi macson ni macsoch chi macson nhw
imperative macsa macswch

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

Alternative forms

References

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