hybu

Welsh

Etymology

Equivalent to hẁb (“push, thrust, impetus”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhəbɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhəbi/

Verb

hybu (first-person singular present hybaf, not mutable)

1. to promote (to attempt to popularise), to further

   Synonym: hyrwyddo

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hybaf	hybi	hyba	hybwn	hybwch	hybant	hybir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	hybwn	hybit	hybai	hybem	hybech	hybent	hybid
preterite	hybais	hybaist	hybodd	hybasom	hybasoch	hybasant	hybwyd
pluperfect	hybaswn	hybasit	hybasai	hybasem	hybasech	hybasent	hybasid, hybesid
present subjunctive	hybwyf	hybych	hybo	hybom	hyboch	hybont	hyber
imperative	—	hyba	hybed	hybwn	hybwch	hybent	hyber
verbal noun	hybu
verbal adjectives	hybedig hybadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hyba i, hybaf i	hybi di	hybith o/e/hi, hybiff e/hi	hybwn ni	hybwch chi	hyban nhw
conditional	hybwn i, hybswn i	hybet ti, hybset ti	hybai fo/fe/hi, hybsai fo/fe/hi	hyben ni, hybsen ni	hybech chi, hybsech chi	hyben nhw, hybsen nhw
preterite	hybais i, hybes i	hybaist ti, hybest ti	hybodd o/e/hi	hybon ni	hyboch chi	hybon nhw
imperative	—	hyba	—	—	hybwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Further reading

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