From dy- + creu (“grow, create”) (compare Latin creo (“I grow”)).[1]
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dechrau m (plural dechreuoedd or dechreuon)
dechrau (first-person singular present dechreuaf)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | dechreuaf | dechreui | dechrau, dechreua | dechreuwn | dechreuwch | dechreuant | dechreuir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
dechreuwn | dechreuit | dechreuai | dechreuem | dechreuech | dechreuent | dechreuid | |
preterite | dechreuais | dechreuaist | dechreuodd | dechreuasom | dechreuasoch | dechreuasant | dechreuwyd | |
pluperfect | dechreuaswn | dechreuasit | dechreuasai | dechreuasem | dechreuasech | dechreuasent | dechreuasid, dechreuesid | |
present subjunctive | dechreuwyf | dechreuych | dechreuo | dechreuom | dechreuoch | dechreuont | dechreuer | |
imperative | — | dechrau, dechreua | dechreued | dechreuwn | dechreuwch | dechreuent | dechreuer | |
verbal noun | dechrau | |||||||
verbal adjectives | dechreuedig |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | dechreua i, dechreuaf i | dechreui di | dechreuith o/e/hi, dechreuiff e/hi | dechreuwn ni | dechreuwch chi | dechreuan nhw |
conditional | dechreuwn i, dechreuswn i | dechreuet ti, dechreuset ti | dechreuai fo/fe/hi, dechreusai fo/fe/hi | dechreuen ni, dechreusen ni | dechreuech chi, dechreusech chi | dechreuen nhw, dechreusen nhw |
preterite | dechreuais i, dechreues i | dechreuaist ti, dechreuest ti | dechreuodd o/e/hi | dechreuon ni | dechreuoch chi | dechreuon nhw |
imperative | — | dechreua | — | — | dechreuwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dechrau | ddechrau | nechrau | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dechrau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies