esblygu

Welsh

Etymology

From es- (“ex-”) +‎ plygu (“to fold”). Calque of Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”).

Verb

esblygu (first-person singular present esblygaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to evolve

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	esblygaf	esblygi	esblyga	esblygwn	esblygwch	esblygant	esblygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	esblygwn	esblygit	esblygai	esblygem	esblygech	esblygent	esblygid
preterite	esblygais	esblygaist	esblygodd	esblygasom	esblygasoch	esblygasant	esblygwyd
pluperfect	esblygaswn	esblygasit	esblygasai	esblygasem	esblygasech	esblygasent	esblygasid, esblygesid
present subjunctive	esblygwyf	esblygych	esblygo	esblygom	esblygoch	esblygont	esblyger
imperative	—	esblyga	esblyged	esblygwn	esblygwch	esblygent	esblyger
verbal noun	esblygu
verbal adjectives	esblygedig esblygadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	esblyga i, esblygaf i	esblygi di	esblygith o/e/hi, esblygiff e/hi	esblygwn ni	esblygwch chi	esblygan nhw
conditional	esblygwn i, esblygswn i	esblyget ti, esblygset ti	esblygai fo/fe/hi, esblygsai fo/fe/hi	esblygen ni, esblygsen ni	esblygech chi, esblygsech chi	esblygen nhw, esblygsen nhw
preterite	esblygais i, esblyges i	esblygaist ti, esblygest ti	esblygodd o/e/hi	esblygon ni	esblygoch chi	esblygon nhw
imperative	—	esblyga	—	—	esblygwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• esblygedig (“evolved”)
• esblygiad (“evolution”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
esblygu	unchanged	unchanged	hesblygu
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), “esblygu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies