rhusio

Welsh

Etymology

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Verb

rhusio (first-person singular present rhusiaf)

1. (intransitive) become frightened, panic
2. (transitive) hinder, deter

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	rhusiaf	rhusi	rhusia	rhusiwn	rhusiwch	rhusiant	rhusir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	rhusiwn	rhusit	rhusiai	rhusiem	rhusiech	rhusient	rhusid
preterite	rhusiais	rhusiaist	rhusiodd	rhusiasom	rhusiasoch	rhusiasant	rhusiwyd
pluperfect	rhusiaswn	rhusiasit	rhusiasai	rhusiasem	rhusiasech	rhusiasent	rhusiasid, rhusiesid
present subjunctive	rhusiwyf	rhusiech	rhusio	rhusiom	rhusioch	rhusiont	rhusier
imperative	—	rhusia	rhusied	rhusiwn	rhusiwch	rhusient	rhusier
verbal noun	rhusio
verbal adjectives	rhusiedig rhusiadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	rhusia i, rhusiaf i	rhusi di	rhusith o/e/hi, rhusiff e/hi	rhusiwn ni	rhusiwch chi	rhusian nhw
conditional	rhusiwn i, rhuswn i	rhusiet ti, rhuset ti	rhusiai fo/fe/hi, rhusai fo/fe/hi	rhusien ni, rhusen ni	rhusiech chi, rhusech chi	rhusien nhw, rhusen nhw
preterite	rhusiais i, rhusies i	rhusiaist ti, rhusiest ti	rhusiodd o/e/hi	rhusion ni	rhusioch chi	rhusion nhw
imperative	—	rhusia	—	—	rhusiwch	—

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

Derived terms

• hyrus (“elastic, springy”)
• rhus (“fright”)
• rhusiad (“start”)

Related terms

• rhuslyd (“skittish”)

Further reading

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