datrys

Welsh

Etymology

From dat- (“dis-”) +‎ drys(u) (“to entangle, to confuse”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdatrɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdatrɪs/

Verb

datrys (first-person singular present datrysaf)

1. to disentangle
2. to solve

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	datrysaf	datrysi	detrys	datryswn	datryswch	datrysant	datrysir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	datryswn	datrysit	datrysai	datrysem	datrysech	datrysent	datrysid
preterite	datrysais	datrysaist	datrysodd	datrysasom	datrysasoch	datrysasant	datryswyd
pluperfect	datrysaswn	datrysasit	datrysasai	datrysasem	datrysasech	datrysasent	datrysasid, datrysesid
present subjunctive	datryswyf	datrysych	datryso	datrysom	datrysoch	datrysont	datryser
imperative	—	datrys	datrysed	datryswn	datryswch	datrysent	datryser
verbal noun	datrys
verbal adjectives	datrysedig datrysadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	datrysa i, datrysaf i	datrysi di	datrysith o/e/hi, datrysiff e/hi	datryswn ni	datryswch chi	datrysan nhw
conditional	datryswn i, datrysswn i	datryset ti, datrysset ti	datrysai fo/fe/hi, datryssai fo/fe/hi	datrysen ni, datryssen ni	datrysech chi, datryssech chi	datrysen nhw, datryssen nhw
preterite	datrysais i, datryses i	datrysaist ti, datrysest ti	datrysodd o/e/hi	datryson ni	datrysoch chi	datryson nhw
imperative	—	datrysa	—	—	datryswch	—

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

Derived terms

• datrysiad (“solution”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of datrys

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
datrys	ddatrys	natrys	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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