blasu

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • blasio

Etymology

blas (“taste”) +‎ -u

Pronunciation

Verb

blasu (first-person singular present blasaf)

  1. to taste, to sample a flavor
    Fe wnes i flasu'r afal.
    I did taste the apple.
  2. to taste, to have a flavor
    Mae'r afal yn blasu'n felys.
    The apple tastes sweet.

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future blasaf blesi blasa blaswn bleswch, blaswch blasant blesir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 blaswn blasit blasai blasem blasech blasent blesid
preterite blesais blesaist blasodd blasasom blasasoch blasasant blaswyd
pluperfect blasaswn blasasit blasasai blasasem blasasech blasasent blasasid, blasesid
present subjunctive blaswyf blesych blaso blasom blasoch blasont blaser
imperative — blasa blased blaswn bleswch, blaswch blasent blaser
verbal noun blasu
verbal adjectives blasedig
blasadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future blasa i, blasaf i blasi di blasith o/e/hi, blasiff e/hi blaswn ni blaswch chi blasan nhw
conditional blaswn i, blasswn i blaset ti, blasset ti blasai fo/fe/hi, blassai fo/fe/hi blasen ni, blassen ni blasech chi, blassech chi blasen nhw, blassen nhw
preterite blasais i, blases i blasaist ti, blasest ti blasodd o/e/hi blason ni blasoch chi blason nhw
imperative — blasa — — blaswch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blasu flasu mlasu unchanged
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), “blasaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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