pysgota

Welsh

Etymology

From pysgod (“fish”) +‎ -ha. Cognate with Cornish pyskessa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəsˈɡɔta/, [pʰəsˈkɔtʰa]

Verb

pysgota (first-person singular present pysgotaf)

  1. to fish

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future pysgotaf pysgoti pysgota pysgotwn pysgotwch pysgotant pysgotir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 pysgotwn pysgotit pysgotai pysgotem pysgotech pysgotent pysgotid
preterite pysgotais pysgotaist pysgotodd pysgotasom pysgotasoch pysgotasant pysgotwyd
pluperfect pysgotaswn pysgotasit pysgotasai pysgotasem pysgotasech pysgotasent pysgotasid, pysgotesid
present subjunctive pysgotwyf pysgotych pysgoto pysgotom pysgotoch pysgotont pysgoter
imperative — pysgota pysgoted pysgotwn pysgotwch pysgotent pysgoter
verbal noun pysgota
verbal adjectives pysgotedig
pysgotadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future pysgota i, pysgotaf i pysgoti di pysgotith o/e/hi, pysgotiff e/hi pysgotwn ni pysgotwch chi pysgotan nhw
conditional pysgotwn i, pysgotswn i pysgotet ti, pysgotset ti pysgotai fo/fe/hi, pysgotsai fo/fe/hi pysgoten ni, pysgotsen ni pysgotech chi, pysgotsech chi pysgoten nhw, pysgotsen nhw
preterite pysgotais i, pysgotes i pysgotaist ti, pysgotest ti pysgotodd o/e/hi pysgoton ni pysgotoch chi pysgoton nhw
imperative — pysgota — — pysgotwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • pysgotwr (“fisherman”)
  • pysgotwraig (“fisherwoman”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pysgota bysgota mhysgota physgota
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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