glasu
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Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
glasu
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From glas (“blue, grey, green”) + -u.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡlasɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡlasi/
- Rhymes: -asɨ̞
Verb[edit]
glasu (first-person singular present glasaf)
- to turn pale, to turn grey, to turn blue
- (botany) to turn green or verdant, to begin to grow, to bud, to sprout
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | glasaf | glesi | glasa | glaswn | gleswch, glaswch | glasant | glesir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
glaswn | glasit | glasai | glasem | glasech | glasent | glesid | |
| preterite | glesais | glesaist | glasodd | glasasom | glasasoch | glasasant | glaswyd | |
| pluperfect | glasaswn | glasasit | glasasai | glasasem | glasasech | glasasent | glasasid, glasesid | |
| present subjunctive | glaswyf | glesych | glaso | glasom | glasoch | glasont | glaser | |
| imperative | — | glasa | glased | glaswn | gleswch, glaswch | glasent | glaser | |
| verbal noun | glasu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | glasedig glasadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | glasa i, glasaf i | glasi di | glasith o/e/hi, glasiff e/hi | glaswn ni | glaswch chi | glasan nhw |
| conditional | glaswn i, glasswn i | glaset ti, glasset ti | glasai fo/fe/hi, glassai fo/fe/hi | glasen ni, glassen ni | glasech chi, glassech chi | glasen nhw, glassen nhw |
| preterite | glasais i, glases i | glasaist ti, glasest ti | glasodd o/e/hi | glason ni | glasoch chi | glason nhw |
| imperative | — | glasa | — | — | glaswch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| glasu | lasu | nglasu | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “glasu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies