glasu

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Noun

glasu

1. dative/locative singular of glas

Welsh

Etymology

From glas (“blue, grey, green”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlasɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlasi/
• Rhymes: -asɨ̞

Verb

glasu (first-person singular present glasaf)

1. to turn pale, to turn grey, to turn blue
2. (botany) to turn green or verdant, to begin to grow, to bud, to sprout

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	glasaf	glesi	glasa	glaswn	gleswch, glaswch	glasant	glesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	glaswn	glasit	glasai	glasem	glasech	glasent	glesid
preterite	glesais	glesaist	glasodd	glasasom	glasasoch	glasasant	glaswyd
pluperfect	glasaswn	glasasit	glasasai	glasasem	glasasech	glasasent	glasasid, glasesid
present subjunctive	glaswyf	glesych	glaso	glasom	glasoch	glasont	glaser
imperative	—	glasa	glased	glaswn	gleswch, glaswch	glasent	glaser
verbal noun	glasu
verbal adjectives	glasedig glasadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	glasa i, glasaf i	glasi di	glasith o/e/hi, glasiff e/hi	glaswn ni	glaswch chi	glasan nhw
conditional	glaswn i, glasswn i	glaset ti, glasset ti	glasai fo/fe/hi, glassai fo/fe/hi	glasen ni, glassen ni	glasech chi, glassech chi	glasen nhw, glassen nhw
preterite	glasais i, glases i	glasaist ti, glasest ti	glasodd o/e/hi	glason ni	glasoch chi	glason nhw
imperative	—	glasa	—	—	glaswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• blaguro (“to bud”)
• deilio (“to sprout leaves”)
• egino (“to sprout”)
• blodeuo (“to flower”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glasu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glasu	lasu	nglasu	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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