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casáu
casáu
See also: cá sấu
Welsh
Etymology
From cas (“bitterness, hatred, enmity”) + -hau.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): [kaˈsaɨ̯]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): [kaˈsai̯]
Verb
casáu (stem casa-)
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present/future | casâf | casei | casâ | casawn | casewch | casânt | caseir | |
| imperfect/conditional | casawn | casait | casâi | casaem | casaech | casaent | caseid | |
| preterite | caseais | caseaist | casaodd | casasom | casasoch | casasant | casawyd | |
| pluperfect | casaswn | casasit | casasai | casasem | casasech | casasent | casasid, casesid | |
| subjunctive | casawyf | caseych | casao | casaom | casaoch | casaont | casaer | |
| imperative | — | casâ | casaed | casawn | casewch | casaent | casaer | |
| verbal noun | casáu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | casedig casadwy |
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Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | casâ i | casai di | casaith o/e/hi, casaiff e/hi | casawn ni | casawch chi | casân nhw |
| conditional | casawn i, casaswn i | casaet ti, casaset ti | casâi fo/fe/hi, casasai fo/fe/hi | casaen ni, casasen ni | casaech chi, casasech chi | casaen nhw, casasen nhw |
| preterite | casaes i | casaest ti | casaodd o/e/hi | casaon ni | casaoch chi | casaon nhw |
| imperative | — | casâ | — | — | casawch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| casáu | gasáu | nghasáu | chasáu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “casâf” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.