bachu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• bacho, bachio

Etymology

From bach (“hook”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbaχɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːχi/, /ˈbaχi/

Verb

bachu (first-person singular present bachaf)

1. (transitive) to hook (catch with a hook); to hook up (hang with a hook)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bachu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	bachaf	bechi	bacha	bachwn	bechwch, bachwch	bachant	bechir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	bachwn	bachit	bachai	bachem	bachech	bachent	bechid
preterite	bechais	bechaist	bachodd	bachasom	bachasoch	bachasant	bachwyd
pluperfect	bachaswn	bachasit	bachasai	bachasem	bachasech	bachasent	bachasid, bachesid
present subjunctive	bachwyf	bechych	bacho	bachom	bachoch	bachont	bacher
imperative	—	bacha	bached	bachwn	bechwch, bachwch	bachent	bacher
verbal noun	bachu
verbal adjectives	bachedig bachadwy

Conjugation of bachu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bacha i, bachaf i	bachi di	bachith o/e/hi, bachiff e/hi	bachwn ni	bachwch chi	bachan nhw
conditional	bachwn i, bachswn i	bachet ti, bachset ti	bachai fo/fe/hi, bachsai fo/fe/hi	bachen ni, bachsen ni	bachech chi, bachsech chi	bachen nhw, bachsen nhw
preterite	bachais i, baches i	bachaist ti, bachest ti	bachodd o/e/hi	bachon ni	bachoch chi	bachon nhw
imperative	—	bacha	—	—	bachwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• adfachu (“to claw back”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bachu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bachu	fachu	machu	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “hook”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bachu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bachu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies