dechrau

Welsh

Etymology

From dy- + creu (“grow, create”) (compare Latin creo (“I grow”)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχraɨ̯/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχrɛ/, /ˈdɛχra/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχrai̯/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdɛχrɛ/, /ˈdəχrɛ/, /ˈdaχrɛ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛχraɨ̯

Noun

dechrau m (plural dechreuoedd or dechreuadau)

  1. start, beginning

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

dechrau (first-person singular present dechreuaf)

  1. to begin, to start
    Synonym: cychwyn
    Antonyms: bennu, cwpla, dibennu, gorffen, diweddu

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future dechreuaf dechreui dechrau, dechreua dechreuwn dechreuwch dechreuant dechreuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 dechreuwn dechreuit dechreuai dechreuem dechreuech dechreuent dechreuid
preterite dechreuais dechreuaist dechreuodd dechreuasom dechreuasoch dechreuasant dechreuwyd
pluperfect dechreuaswn dechreuasit dechreuasai dechreuasem dechreuasech dechreuasent dechreuasid, dechreuesid
present subjunctive dechreuwyf dechreuych dechreuo dechreuom dechreuoch dechreuont dechreuer
imperative — dechrau, dechreua dechreued dechreuwn dechreuwch dechreuent dechreuer
verbal noun dechrau
verbal adjectives dechreuedig
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future dechreua i, dechreuaf i dechreui di dechreuith o/e/hi, dechreuiff e/hi dechreuwn ni dechreuwch chi dechreuan nhw
conditional dechreuwn i, dechreuswn i dechreuet ti, dechreuset ti dechreuai fo/fe/hi, dechreusai fo/fe/hi dechreuen ni, dechreusen ni dechreuech chi, dechreusech chi dechreuen nhw, dechreusen nhw
preterite dechreuais i, dechreues i dechreuaist ti, dechreuest ti dechreuodd o/e/hi dechreuon ni dechreuoch chi dechreuon nhw
imperative — dechreua — — dechreuwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • dechrau ar (“to set upon, to attack”)
  • dechreuad (“beginning”)
  • dechreuwr (“beginner”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dechrau ddechrau nechrau unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

  1. Potel-Belner, P. (2021). Welsh Etymological Dictionary. Germany: BoD - Books on Demand - Frankreich, p. 90
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