llygota
Welsh
Etymology
From llygod (“mice”) + -a. Cognate with Cornish legessa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɬəˈɡɔta/
Verb
llygota (first-person singular present llygotaf)
- to mouse, to hunt or catch mouse or rats (especially of a cat or owl)
- to pry about
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | llygotaf | llygoti | llygota | llygotwn | llygotwch | llygotant | llygotir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | llygotwn | llygotit | llygotai | llygotem | llygotech | llygotent | llygotid | |
| preterite | llygotais | llygotaist | llygotodd | llygotasom | llygotasoch | llygotasant | llygotwyd | |
| pluperfect | llygotaswn | llygotasit | llygotasai | llygotasem | llygotasech | llygotasent | llygotasid, llygotesid | |
| present subjunctive | llygotwyf | llygotych | llygoto | llygotom | llygotoch | llygotont | llygoter | |
| imperative | — | llygot | llygoted | llygotwn | llygotwch | llygotent | llygoter | |
| verbal noun | llygota | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | llygotedig llygotadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | llygota i, llygotaf i | llygoti di | llygotith o/e/hi, llygotiff e/hi | llygotwn ni | llygotwch chi | llygotan nhw |
| conditional | llygotwn i, llygotswn i | llygotet ti, llygotset ti | llygotai fo/fe/hi, llygotsai fo/fe/hi | llygoten ni, llygotsen ni | llygotech chi, llygotsech chi | llygoten nhw, llygotsen nhw |
| preterite | llygotais i, llygotes i | llygotaist ti, llygotest ti | llygotodd o/e/hi | llygoton ni | llygotoch chi | llygoton nhw |
| imperative | — | llygota | — | — | llygotwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llygota | lygota | 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-), “llygota”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies