mysgu

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈməsɡɨ̞/, [ˈməskɨ̞]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈməsɡi/, [ˈməski]
  • Rhymes: -əsɡɨ̞

Etymology 1

Latin misceō +‎ -io.

Verb

mysgu (first-person singular present mysgaf)

  1. to mix
    Synonym: cymysgu
  2. to undo, to untie, to disentangle
    Synonyms: datod, datglymu, datrys, dadblethu, llaesu, llacio
    1. to come apart
      Synonym: ymddatod
    2. to break up, to break apart
      Synonyms: torri, dymchwel, dinistrio
    3. to break up, to scatter, to disperse
      Synonyms: chwalu, ymwasgaru

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mask +‎ -u.

Verb

mysgu (first-person singular present mysgaf)

  1. (obsolete) to brew, to mash
    Synonyms: brecáu, bragu, darllaw
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future mysgaf mysgi mysg, mysga mysgwn mysgwch mysgant mysgir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
mysgwn mysgit mysgai mysgem mysgech mysgent mysgid
preterite mysgais mysgaist mysgodd mysgasom mysgasoch mysgasant mysgwyd
pluperfect mysgaswn mysgasit mysgasai mysgasem mysgasech mysgasent mysgasid, mysgesid
present subjunctive mysgwyf mysgych mysgo mysgom mysgoch mysgont mysger
imperative mysg, mysga mysged mysgwn mysgwch mysgent mysger
verbal noun mysgu
verbal adjectives mysgedig
mysgadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future mysga i,
mysgaf i
mysgi di mysgith o/e/hi,
mysgiff e/hi
mysgwn ni mysgwch chi mysgan nhw
conditional mysgwn i,
mysgswn i
mysget ti,
mysgset ti
mysgai fo/fe/hi,
mysgsai fo/fe/hi
mysgen ni,
mysgsen ni
mysgech chi,
mysgsech chi
mysgen nhw,
mysgsen nhw
preterite mysgais i,
mysges i
mysgaist ti,
mysgest ti
mysgodd o/e/hi mysgon ni mysgoch chi mysgon nhw
imperative mysga mysgwch

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

Alternative forms
  • (current in Pembrokeshire) macsu

References

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