rybela

Welsh

Etymology

From rwbel (rubble) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Verb

rybela (first-person singular present rybelaf, not mutable)

  1. to collect stones from rubble or quarrymen's rejects and turn them into slates, especially as a form of apprenticeship

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future rybelaf rybeli rybela rybelwn rybelwch rybelant rybelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
rybelwn rybelit rybelai rybelem rybelech rybelent rybelid
preterite rybelais rybelaist rybelodd rybelasom rybelasoch rybelasant rybelwyd
pluperfect rybelaswn rybelasit rybelasai rybelasem rybelasech rybelasent rybelasid, rybelesid
present subjunctive rybelwyf rybelych rybelo rybelom rybeloch rybelont rybeler
imperative rybela rybeled rybelwn rybelwch rybelent rybeler
verbal noun rybela
verbal adjectives rybeledig
rybeladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future rybela i,
rybelaf i
rybeli di rybelith o/e/hi,
rybeliff e/hi
rybelwn ni rybelwch chi rybelan nhw
conditional rybelwn i,
rybelswn i
rybelet ti,
rybelset ti
rybelai fo/fe/hi,
rybelsai fo/fe/hi
rybelen ni,
rybelsen ni
rybelech chi,
rybelsech chi
rybelen nhw,
rybelsen nhw
preterite rybelais i,
rybeles i
rybelaist ti,
rybelest ti
rybelodd o/e/hi rybelon ni rybeloch chi rybelon nhw
imperative rybela rybelwch

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), “rybela”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies