llygru
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Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬəɡrɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬəɡri/
Verb
llygru (first-person singular present llygraf)
- (transitive) to corrupt
- (transitive) to contaminate, to pollute, to adulterate
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | llygraf | llygri | llygra | llygrwn | llygrwch | llygrant | llygrir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
llygrwn | llygrit | llygrai | llygrem | llygrech | llygrent | llygrid | |
| preterite | llygrais | llygraist | llygrodd | llygrasom | llygrasoch | llygrasant | llygrwyd | |
| pluperfect | llygraswn | llygrasit | llygrasai | llygrasem | llygrasech | llygrasent | llygrasid, llygresid | |
| present subjunctive | llygrwyf | llygrych | llygro | llygrom | llygroch | llygront | llygrer | |
| imperative | — | llygra | llygred | llygrwn | llygrwch | llygrent | llygrer | |
| verbal noun | llygru | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | llygredig llygradwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | llygra i, llygraf i | llygri di | llygrith o/e/hi, llygriff e/hi | llygrwn ni | llygrwch chi | llygran nhw |
| conditional | llygrwn i, llygrswn i | llygret ti, llygrset ti | llygrai fo/fe/hi, llygrsai fo/fe/hi | llygren ni, llygrsen ni | llygrech chi, llygrsech chi | llygren nhw, llygrsen nhw |
| preterite | llygrais i, llygres i | llygraist ti, llygrest ti | llygrodd o/e/hi | llygron ni | llygroch chi | llygron nhw |
| imperative | — | llygra | — | — | llygrwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- llgyradwy (“perishable; corruptible”)
- llygredig (“corrupt”)
- llygriad (“corruption; contamination, pollution”)
- llygrwr (“corrupter, adulterator”)
- llygrydd (“contaminant, pollutant”)