agosáu
Welsh
Etymology
From agos (“close, near”) + -hau.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aɡɔˈsaɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /aɡɔˈsai̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Verb
agosáu (first-person singular present agosâf)
- to approach, to draw near
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | agosâf | agosei | agosâ | agosawn | agosewch | agosânt | agoseir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | agosawn | agosait | agosâi | agosaem | agosaech | agosaent | agoseid | |
| preterite | agoseais | agoseaist | agosaodd | agosasom | agosasoch | agosasant | agosawyd | |
| pluperfect | agosaswn | agosasit | agosasai | agosasem | agosasech | agosasent | agosasid, agosesid | |
| present subjunctive | agosawyf | agoseych | agosao | agosaom | agosaoch | agosaont | agosaer | |
| imperative | — | agosâ | agosaed | agosawn | agosewch | agosaent | agosaer | |
| verbal noun | agosáu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | agosedig agosadwy | |||||||
Agosáu does not conjugate in the colloquial language.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| agosáu | unchanged | unchanged | hagosáu |
| 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), “agosáu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies