camesgor

Welsh

Etymology

From cam- (“mis, mal-”) +‎ esgor (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛsɡɔr/, [kʰaˈmɛskɔr]

Verb

camesgor (first-person singular present camesgoraf)

1. to miscarry, to spontaneously abort

Conjugation

Conjugation of camesgor (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	camesgoraf	camesgori	camesgor, camesgora	camesgorwn	camesgorwch	camesgorant	camesgorir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	camesgorwn	camesgorit	camesgorai	camesgorem	camesgorech	camesgorent	camesgorid
preterite	camesgorais	camesgoraist	camesgorodd	camesgorasom	camesgorasoch	camesgorasant	camesgorwyd
pluperfect	camesgoraswn	camesgorasit	camesgorasai	camesgorasem	camesgorasech	camesgorasent	camesgorasid, camesgoresid
present subjunctive	camesgorwyf	camesgorych	camesgoro	camesgorom	camesgoroch	camesgoront	camesgorer
imperative	—	camesgor, camesgora	camesgored	camesgorwn	camesgorwch	camesgorent	camesgorer
verbal noun	camesgor
verbal adjectives	camesgoredig camesgoradwy

Conjugation of camesgor (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	camesgora i, camesgoraf i	camesgori di	camesgorith o/e/hi, camesgoriff e/hi	camesgorwn ni	camesgorwch chi	camesgoran nhw
conditional	camesgorwn i, camesgorswn i	camesgoret ti, camesgorset ti	camesgorai fo/fe/hi, camesgorsai fo/fe/hi	camesgoren ni, camesgorsen ni	camesgorech chi, camesgorsech chi	camesgoren nhw, camesgorsen nhw
preterite	camesgorais i, camesgores i	camesgoraist ti, camesgorest ti	camesgorodd o/e/hi	camesgoron ni	camesgoroch chi	camesgoron nhw
imperative	—	camesgora	—	—	camesgorwch	—

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

Derived terms

• camesgoriad (“miscarriage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of camesgor

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
camesgor	gamesgor	nghamesgor	chamesgor

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

Further reading

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