ail-greu

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Welsh

Etymology

From ail- (“re-”) +‎ creu (“create”).

Verb

ail-greu (first-person singular present ailgreaf)

  1. to recreate, to rebuild

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future ailgreaf ailgrei ailgrea ailgrëwn ailgrëwch ailgreant ailgrëir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional ailgrëwn ailgreit ailgreai ailgreem ailgreech ailgreent ailgrëid
preterite ailgreais ailgreaist ailgreodd ailgreasom ailgreasoch ailgreasant ailgrëwyd
pluperfect ailgreaswn ailgreasit ailgreasai ailgreasem ailgreasech ailgreasent ailgreasid, ailgreesid
present subjunctive ailgrëwyf ailgreych ailgreo ailgreom ailgreoch ailgreont ailgreer
imperative — ailgrea ailgreed ailgrëwn ailgrëwch ailgreent ailgreer
verbal noun ail-greu
verbal adjectives ailgreedig
ailgreadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future ailgrea i,
ailgreaf i 		ailgrei di ailgreith o/e/hi,
ailgreiff e/hi 		ailgrewn ni ailgrewch chi ailgrean nhw
conditional ailgrewn i,
ailgreswn i 		ailgreet ti,
ailgreset ti 		ailgreai fo/fe/hi,
ailgresai fo/fe/hi 		ailgreen ni,
ailgresen ni 		ailgreech chi,
ailgresech chi 		ailgreen nhw,
ailgresen nhw
preterite ailgreais i,
ailgrees i 		ailgreaist ti,
ailgreest ti 		ailgreodd o/e/hi ailgreon ni ailgreoch chi ailgreon nhw
imperative — ailgrea — — ailgrewch —

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

Derived terms

  • ailgread (“recreation, reconstruction”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ail-greu
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ail-greu unchanged unchanged hail-greu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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