crasu

Welsh

Etymology

From cras (“dry, parched, rough, harsh”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrasɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrasi/

Verb

crasu (first-person singular present crasaf)

1. to bake, to toast

   Synonyms: pobi, tostio

2. to parch, to scorch

   Synonyms: deifio, rhuddo

3. to thrash, to beat

   Synonyms: cosi, curo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	crasaf	cresi	crasa	craswn	creswch, craswch	crasant	cresir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	craswn	crasit	crasai	crasem	crasech	crasent	cresid
preterite	cresais	cresaist	crasodd	crasasom	crasasoch	crasasant	craswyd
pluperfect	crasaswn	crasasit	crasasai	crasasem	crasasech	crasasent	crasasid, crasesid
present subjunctive	craswyf	cresych	craso	crasom	crasoch	crasont	craser
imperative	—	crasa	crased	craswn	creswch, craswch	crasent	craser
verbal noun	crasu
verbal adjectives	crasedig crasadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	crasa i, crasaf i	crasi di	crasith o/e/hi, crasiff e/hi	craswn ni	craswch chi	crasan nhw
conditional	craswn i, crasswn i	craset ti, crasset ti	crasai fo/fe/hi, crassai fo/fe/hi	crasen ni, crassen ni	crasech chi, crassech chi	crasen nhw, crassen nhw
preterite	crasais i, crases i	crasaist ti, crasest ti	crasodd o/e/hi	crason ni	crasoch chi	crason nhw
imperative	—	crasa	—	—	craswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• crasfa (“beating, thrashing”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crasu	grasu	nghrasu	chrasu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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