achlesu

Welsh

Etymology

From achles (“shelter; manure”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Verb

achlesu (first-person singular present achlesaf)

  1. to shelter, to protect
  2. to manure, to fertilise

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future achlesaf achlesi achles, achlesa achleswn achleswch achlesant achlesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 achleswn achlesit achlesai achlesem achlesech achlesent achlesid
preterite achlesais achlesaist achlesodd achlesasom achlesasoch achlesasant achleswyd
pluperfect achlesaswn achlesasit achlesasai achlesasem achlesasech achlesasent achlesasid, achlesesid
present subjunctive achleswyf achlesych achleso achlesom achlesoch achlesont achleser
imperative — achles, achlesa achlesed achleswn achleswch achlesent achleser
verbal noun achlesu
verbal adjectives achlesedig
achlesadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future achlesa i, achlesaf i achlesi di achlesith o/e/hi, achlesiff e/hi achleswn ni achleswch chi achlesan nhw
conditional achleswn i, achlesswn i achleset ti, achlesset ti achlesai fo/fe/hi, achlessai fo/fe/hi achlesen ni, achlessen ni achlesech chi, achlessech chi achlesen nhw, achlessen nhw
preterite achlesais i, achleses i achlesaist ti, achlesest ti achlesodd o/e/hi achleson ni achlesoch chi achleson nhw
imperative — achlesa — — achleswch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
achlesu unchanged unchanged hachlesu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “achlesu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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