achub

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh achup, from Proto-Brythonic *axʉb (compare Old Breton acupot), from Vulgar Latin *accūpō from Latin occupō.

Pronunciation

Verb

achub (first-person singular present achubaf)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to save, to rescue
    Synonym: arbed
  2. (transitive) to redeem, to deliver
    Synonym: gwared

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future achubaf achubi achub, achuba achubwn achubwch achubant achubir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 achubwn achubit achubai achubem achubech achubent achubid
preterite achubais achubaist achubodd achubasom achubasoch achubasant achubwyd
pluperfect achubaswn achubasit achubasai achubasem achubasech achubasent achubasid, achubesid
present subjunctive achubwyf achubych achubo achubom achuboch achubont achuber
imperative — achub, achuba achubed achubwn achubwch achubent achuber
verbal noun achub
verbal adjectives achubedig
achubadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future achuba i, achubaf i achubi di achubith o/e/hi, achubiff e/hi achubwn ni achubwch chi achuban nhw
conditional achubwn i, achubswn i achubet ti, achubset ti achubai fo/fe/hi, achubsai fo/fe/hi achuben ni, achubsen ni achubech chi, achubsech chi achuben nhw, achubsen nhw
preterite achubais i, achubes i achubaist ti, achubest ti achubodd o/e/hi achubon ni achuboch chi achubon nhw
imperative — achuba — — achubwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • achub ar y cyfle (“to seize the opportunity”)
  • achubadwy (“redeemable”)
  • achubiad (“deliverance, salvation”)
  • achubiaeth (“rescue, saving; deliverance”)
  • achubol (“saving, redemptive”)
  • achubwr (“rescuer; saviour, redeemer”)
  • achubydd (“rescuer; saviour, redeemer”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
achub unchanged unchanged hachub
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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