From casgl (“collection”) + -u, possibly from Vulgar Latin *quaest-, a frequentative of Latin quaero (“I seek, look for”).[1] Cognate with Breton klask.[2]
casglu (first-person singular present casglaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | casglaf | cesgli | casgl | casglwn | cesglwch, casglwch | casglant | cesglir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
casglwn | casglit | casglai | casglem | casglech | casglent | cesglid | |
preterite | cesglais | cesglaist | casglodd | casglasom | casglasoch | casglasant | casglwyd | |
pluperfect | casglaswn | casglasit | casglasai | casglasem | casglasech | casglasent | casglasid, casglesid | |
present subjunctive | casglwyf | cesglych | casglo | casglom | casgloch | casglont | casgler | |
imperative | — | casgla | casgled | casglwn | cesglwch, casglwch | casglent | casgler | |
verbal noun | casglu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | casgledig casgladwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | casgla i, casglaf i | casgli di | casglith o/e/hi, casgliff e/hi | casglwn ni | casglwch chi | casglan nhw |
conditional | casglwn i, casglswn i | casglet ti, casglset ti | casglai fo/fe/hi, casglsai fo/fe/hi | casglen ni, casglsen ni | casglech chi, casglsech chi | casglen nhw, casglsen nhw |
preterite | casglais i, casgles i | casglaist ti, casglest ti | casglodd o/e/hi | casglon ni | casgloch chi | casglon nhw |
imperative | — | casgla | — | — | casglwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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casglu | gasglu | nghasglu | chasglu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.