datblygu

Welsh

Etymology

From dat- +‎ plygu (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /datˈbləɡɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /datˈbləɡi/

Verb

datblygu (first-person singular present datblygaf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of datblygu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	datblygaf	datblygi	datblyga	datblygwn	datblygwch	datblygant	datblygir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	datblygwn	datblygit	datblygai	datblygem	datblygech	datblygent	datblygid
preterite	datblygais	datblygaist	datblygodd	datblygasom	datblygasoch	datblygasant	datblygwyd
pluperfect	datblygaswn	datblygasit	datblygasai	datblygasem	datblygasech	datblygasent	datblygasid, datblygesid
present subjunctive	datblygwyf	datblygych	datblygo	datblygom	datblygoch	datblygont	datblyger
imperative	—	datblyga	datblyged	datblygwn	datblygwch	datblygent	datblyger
verbal noun	datblygu
verbal adjectives	datblygedig datblygadwy

Conjugation of datblygu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	datblyga i, datblygaf i	datblygi di	datblygith o/e/hi, datblygiff e/hi	datblygwn ni	datblygwch chi	datblygan nhw
conditional	datblygwn i, datblygswn i	datblyget ti, datblygset ti	datblygai fo/fe/hi, datblygsai fo/fe/hi	datblygen ni, datblygsen ni	datblygech chi, datblygsech chi	datblygen nhw, datblygsen nhw
preterite	datblygais i, datblyges i	datblygaist ti, datblygest ti	datblygodd o/e/hi	datblygon ni	datblygoch chi	datblygon nhw
imperative	—	datblyga	—	—	datblygwch	—

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

Derived terms

• datblygedig (“developed”)
• datblygiad (“development”)
• datblygol (“developing”)
• datblygus (“developmental”)
• datblygwr (“developer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of datblygu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
datblygu	ddatblygu	natblygu	unchanged

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), “datblygu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies