mysgu

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈməsɡɨ̞/, [ˈməskɨ̞]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈməsɡi/, [ˈməski]
  • Rhymes: -əsɡɨ

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Brythonic *mɨskad, from Proto-Celtic *miskati.

    Verb

    mysgu (first-person singular present mysgaf)

    1. to mix
      Synonym: cymysgu
    2. to undo, to untie, to disentangle
      Synonyms: datod, datglymu, datrys, dadblethu, llaesu, llacio
      1. to come apart
        Synonym: ymddatod
      2. to break up, to break apart
        Synonyms: torri, dymchwel, dinistrio
      3. to break up, to scatter, to disperse
        Synonyms: chwalu, ymwasgaru

    Etymology 2

      From English mask (to mash, mix hot water with malt to yield wort) +‎ -u.

      Verb

      mysgu (first-person singular present mysgaf)

      1. (obsolete) to brew, to mash
        Synonyms: brecáu, bragu, darllaw
      Conjugation
      Conjugation of mysgu (literary)
      singular plural impersonal
      first second third first second third
      present indicative/future mysgaf mysgi mysg, mysga mysgwn mysgwch mysgant mysgir
      imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
      conditional
      mysgwn mysgit mysgai mysgem mysgech mysgent mysgid
      preterite mysgais mysgaist mysgodd mysgasom mysgasoch mysgasant mysgwyd
      pluperfect mysgaswn mysgasit mysgasai mysgasem mysgasech mysgasent mysgasid, mysgesid
      present subjunctive mysgwyf mysgych mysgo mysgom mysgoch mysgont mysger
      imperative mysg, mysga mysged mysgwn mysgwch mysgent mysger
      verbal noun mysgu
      verbal adjectives mysgedig
      mysgadwy
      Conjugation of mysgu (colloquial)
      inflected
      colloquial forms
      singular plural
      first second third first second third
      future mysga i,
      mysgaf i
      mysgi di mysgith o/e/hi,
      mysgiff e/hi
      mysgwn ni mysgwch chi mysgan nhw
      conditional mysgwn i,
      mysgswn i
      mysget ti,
      mysgset ti
      mysgai fo/fe/hi,
      mysgsai fo/fe/hi
      mysgen ni,
      mysgsen ni
      mysgech chi,
      mysgsech chi
      mysgen nhw,
      mysgsen nhw
      preterite mysgais i,
      mysges i
      mysgaist ti,
      mysgest ti
      mysgodd o/e/hi mysgon ni mysgoch chi mysgon nhw
      imperative mysga mysgwch

      Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

      Alternative forms
      • macsu (current in Pembrokeshire)

      References

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