ebychu

Welsh

Etymology

ebwch (“groan, sigh”) +‎ -u.

Verb

ebychu (first-person singular present ebychaf)

1. (ambitransitive) to exclaim, to interject

   Synonym: torri allan

Conjugation

Conjugation of ebychu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	ebychaf	ebychi	ebycha	ebychwn	ebychwch	ebychant	ebychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	ebychwn	ebychit	ebychai	ebychem	ebychech	ebychent	ebychid
preterite	ebychais	ebychaist	ebychodd	ebychasom	ebychasoch	ebychasant	ebychwyd
pluperfect	ebychaswn	ebychasit	ebychasai	ebychasem	ebychasech	ebychasent	ebychasid, ebychesid
present subjunctive	ebychwyf	ebychych	ebycho	ebychom	ebychoch	ebychont	ebycher
imperative	—	ebycha	ebyched	ebychwn	ebychwch	ebychent	ebycher
verbal noun	ebychu
verbal adjectives	ebychedig ebychadwy

Conjugation of ebychu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	ebycha i, ebychaf i	ebychi di	ebychith o/e/hi, ebychiff e/hi	ebychwn ni	ebychwch chi	ebychan nhw
conditional	ebychwn i, ebychswn i	ebychet ti, ebychset ti	ebychai fo/fe/hi, ebychsai fo/fe/hi	ebychen ni, ebychsen ni	ebychech chi, ebychsech chi	ebychen nhw, ebychsen nhw
preterite	ebychais i, ebyches i	ebychaist ti, ebychest ti	ebychodd o/e/hi	ebychon ni	ebychoch chi	ebychon nhw
imperative	—	ebycha	—	—	ebychwch	—

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

Derived terms

• ebychair (“interjection”)
• ebychiad (“gasp, interjection, exclamation”)
• ebychnod (“exclamation mark”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ebychu

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ebychu	unchanged	unchanged	hebychu

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ebychu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ebychu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies