From es- (“ex-”) + plygu (“to fold”). Calque of Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”).
esblygu (first-person singular present esblygaf)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | esblygaf | esblygi | esblyga | esblygwn | esblygwch | esblygant | esblygir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
esblygwn | esblygit | esblygai | esblygem | esblygech | esblygent | esblygid | |
| preterite | esblygais | esblygaist | esblygodd | esblygasom | esblygasoch | esblygasant | esblygwyd | |
| pluperfect | esblygaswn | esblygasit | esblygasai | esblygasem | esblygasech | esblygasent | esblygasid, esblygesid | |
| present subjunctive | esblygwyf | esblygych | esblygo | esblygom | esblygoch | esblygont | esblyger | |
| imperative | — | esblyga | esblyged | esblygwn | esblygwch | esblygent | esblyger | |
| verbal noun | esblygu | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | esblygedig esblygadwy | |||||||
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | esblyga i, esblygaf i | esblygi di | esblygith o/e/hi, esblygiff e/hi | esblygwn ni | esblygwch chi | esblygan nhw |
| conditional | esblygwn i, esblygswn i | esblyget ti, esblygset ti | esblygai fo/fe/hi, esblygsai fo/fe/hi | esblygen ni, esblygsen ni | esblygech chi, esblygsech chi | esblygen nhw, esblygsen nhw |
| preterite | esblygais i, esblyges i | esblygaist ti, esblygest ti | esblygodd o/e/hi | esblygon ni | esblygoch chi | esblygon nhw |
| imperative | — | esblyga | — | — | esblygwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| esblygu | unchanged | unchanged | hesblygu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||