drysu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) dyrysu

Etymology

From d(y)rys (“tangled, thorny”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdrəsɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdrəsi/

Verb

drysu (first-person singular present drysaf)

1. (transitive) to tangle, to entangle
2. (transitive) to muddle, to mess up, to disorganise
3. (transitive) to confuse, to confound, to bewilder
4. (intransitive) to be confused

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	drysaf	drysi	drysa	dryswn	dryswch	drysant	drysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dryswn	drysit	drysai	drysem	drysech	drysent	drysid
preterite	drysais	drysaist	drysodd	drysasom	drysasoch	drysasant	dryswyd
pluperfect	drysaswn	drysasit	drysasai	drysasem	drysasech	drysasent	drysasid, drysesid
present subjunctive	dryswyf	drysych	dryso	drysom	drysoch	drysont	dryser
imperative	—	drysa	drysed	dryswn	dryswch	drysent	dryser
verbal noun	drysu
verbal adjectives	drysedig drysadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	drysa i, drysaf i	drysi di	drysith o/e/hi, drysiff e/hi	dryswn ni	dryswch chi	drysan nhw
conditional	dryswn i, drysswn i	dryset ti, drysset ti	drysai fo/fe/hi, dryssai fo/fe/hi	drysen ni, dryssen ni	drysech chi, dryssech chi	drysen nhw, dryssen nhw
preterite	drysais i, dryses i	drysaist ti, drysest ti	drysodd o/e/hi	dryson ni	drysoch chi	dryson nhw
imperative	—	drysa	—	—	dryswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
drysu	ddrysu	nrysu	unchanged
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), “drysu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies