blasu
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈblasɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈblasi/
Verb
editblasu (first-person singular present blasaf)
- to taste, to sample a flavor
- Fe wnes i flasu'r afal.
- I did taste the apple.
- to taste, to have a flavor
- Mae'r afal yn blasu'n felys.
- The apple tastes sweet.
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | blasaf | blesi | blasa | blaswn | bleswch, blaswch | blasant | blesir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
blaswn | blasit | blasai | blasem | blasech | blasent | blesid | |
preterite | blesais | blesaist | blasodd | blasasom | blasasoch | blasasant | blaswyd | |
pluperfect | blasaswn | blasasit | blasasai | blasasem | blasasech | blasasent | blasasid, blasesid | |
present subjunctive | blaswyf | blesych | blaso | blasom | blasoch | blasont | blaser | |
imperative | — | blasa | blased | blaswn | bleswch, blaswch | blasent | blaser | |
verbal noun | blasu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | blasedig blasadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | blasa i, blasaf i | blasi di | blasith o/e/hi, blasiff e/hi | blaswn ni | blaswch chi | blasan nhw |
conditional | blaswn i, blasswn i | blaset ti, blasset ti | blasai fo/fe/hi, blassai fo/fe/hi | blasen ni, blassen ni | blasech chi, blassech chi | blasen nhw, blassen nhw |
preterite | blasais i, blases i | blasaist ti, blasest ti | blasodd o/e/hi | blason ni | blasoch chi | blason nhw |
imperative | — | blasa | — | — | blaswch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
blasu | flasu | mlasu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blasu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies