cysgu

Welsh

cysgu

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyscu, from Proto-Celtic *kuφ-sko- (compare Cornish koska, Breton kousket), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Latin cubō (“to recline”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): [ˈkəskɨ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): [ˈkəski]

Verb

cysgu (stem: cysg-)

1. (intransitive) sleep (rest in state of reduced consciousness)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present/future	cysgaf	cysgi	cwsg, cysga	cysgwn	cysgwch	cysgant	cysgir
imperfect/conditional	cysgwn	cysgit	cysgai	cysgem	cysgech	cysgent	cysgid
past	cysgais	cysgaist	cysgodd	cysgasom	cysgasoch	cysgasant	cysgwyd
pluperfect	cysgaswn	cysgasit	cysgasai	cysgasem	cysgasech	cysgasent	cysgasid, cysgesid
subjunctive	cysgwyf	cysgych	cysgo	cysgom	cysgoch	cysgont	cysger
imperative	—	cwsg, cysga	cysged	cysgwn	cysgwch	cysgent	cysger
verbal noun	cysgu
verbal adjectives	cysgedig

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
preterite	cysgais, cysges	cysgaist, cysgest	cysgodd	cysgon	cysgach	cysgon
future	cysga, cysgaf	cysgi	cysgith, cysgiff	cysgwn	cysgwch	cysgan
conditional	cysgwn, cysgswn	cysget, cysgset	cysgai, cysgsai	cysgen, cysgsen	cysgech, cysgsech	cysgen, cysgsen
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.