rhagori

Welsh

Etymology

From rhagor (“more”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥aˈɡɔrɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥aˈɡoːri/, /r̥aˈɡɔri/

Verb

rhagori (first-person singular present rhagoraf)

1. to excel, to surpass

   Synonym: blaenori

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhagoraf	rhagori	rhagora	rhagorwn	rhagorwch	rhagorant	rhagorir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	rhagorwn	rhagorit	rhagorai	rhagorem	rhagorech	rhagorent	rhagorid
preterite	rhagorais	rhagoraist	rhagorodd	rhagorasom	rhagorasoch	rhagorasant	rhagorwyd
pluperfect	rhagoraswn	rhagorasit	rhagorasai	rhagorasem	rhagorasech	rhagorasent	rhagorasid, rhagoresid
present subjunctive	rhagorwyf	rhagorych	rhagoro	rhagorom	rhagoroch	rhagoront	rhagorer
imperative	—	rhagora	rhagored	rhagorwn	rhagorwch	rhagorent	rhagorer
verbal noun	rhagori
verbal adjectives	rhagoredig rhagoradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhagora i, rhagoraf i	rhagori di	rhagorith o/e/hi, rhagoriff e/hi	rhagorwn ni	rhagorwch chi	rhagoran nhw
conditional	rhagorwn i, rhagorswn i	rhagoret ti, rhagorset ti	rhagorai fo/fe/hi, rhagorsai fo/fe/hi	rhagoren ni, rhagorsen ni	rhagorech chi, rhagorsech chi	rhagoren nhw, rhagorsen nhw
preterite	rhagorais i, rhagores i	rhagoraist ti, rhagorest ti	rhagorodd o/e/hi	rhagoron ni	rhagoroch chi	rhagoron nhw
imperative	—	rhagora	—	—	rhagorwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhagori	ragori	unchanged	unchanged
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), “rhagori”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies