achub
Welsh
Etymology
From Latin occupō.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaχɨ̞b/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːχɪb/, /ˈaχɪb/
Verb
achub (first-person singular present achubaf)
- (transitive or intransitive) to save, to rescue
- Synonym: arbed
- (transitive) to redeem, to deliver
- Synonym: gwared
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | achubaf | achubi | achub, achuba | achubwn | achubwch | achubant | achubir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | achubwn | achubit | achubai | achubem | achubech | achubent | achubid | |
| preterite | achubais | achubaist | achubodd | achubasom | achubasoch | achubasant | achubwyd | |
| pluperfect | achubaswn | achubasit | achubasai | achubasem | achubasech | achubasent | achubasid, achubesid | |
| present subjunctive | achubwyf | achubych | achubo | achubom | achuboch | achubont | achuber | |
| imperative | — | achub, achuba | achubed | achubwn | achubwch | achubent | achuber | |
| verbal noun | achub | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | achubedig achubadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | achuba i, achubaf i | achubi di | achubith o/e/hi, achubiff e/hi | achubwn ni | achubwch chi | achuban nhw |
| conditional | achubwn i, achubswn i | achubet ti, achubset ti | achubai fo/fe/hi, achubsai fo/fe/hi | achuben ni, achubsen ni | achubech chi, achubsech chi | achuben nhw, achubsen nhw |
| preterite | achubais i, achubes i | achubaist ti, achubest ti | achubodd o/e/hi | achubon ni | achuboch chi | achubon nhw |
| imperative | — | achuba | — | — | achubwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- achubadwy (“redeemable”)
- achubiad (“deliverance, salvation”)
- achubiaeth (“rescue, saving; deliverance”)
- achubol (“saving, redemptive”)
- achubwr (“rescuer; saviour, redeemer”)
- achubydd (“rescuer; saviour, redeemer”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| achub | unchanged | unchanged | hachub |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||