edrych

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh edrych, from Proto-Brythonic *ėddrɨxɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ati-driketi, from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-. As with the noun drych, the x for expected g arose under the influence of related terms in *derx- from the full grade *derḱ-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdrɨ̞χ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdraχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdrɪχ/
• Rhymes: -ɛdrɨ̞χ

Verb

edrych (first-person singular present edrychaf)

1. to look (+ ar (“at”), + am (“for”))

   Synonyms: disgwyl, sbio

Conjugation

Conjugation of edrych (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	edrychaf	edrychi	edrych	edrychwn	edrychwch	edrychant	edrychir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	edrychwn	edrychit	edrychai	edrychem	edrychech	edrychent	edrychid
preterite	edrychais	edrychaist	edrychodd	edrychasom	edrychasoch	edrychasant	edrychwyd
pluperfect	edrychaswn	edrychasit	edrychasai	edrychasem	edrychasech	edrychasent	edrychasid, edrychesid
present subjunctive	edrychwyf	edrychych	edrycho	edrychom	edrychoch	edrychont	edrycher
imperative	—	edrych	edryched	edrychwn	edrychwch	edrychent	edrycher
verbal noun	edrych
verbal adjectives	edrychedig edrychadwy

Conjugation of edrych (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	edrycha i, edrychaf i	edrychi di	edrychith o/e/hi, edrychiff e/hi	edrychwn ni	edrychwch chi	edrychan nhw
conditional	edrychwn i, edrychswn i	edrychet ti, edrychset ti	edrychai fo/fe/hi, edrychsai fo/fe/hi	edrychen ni, edrychsen ni	edrychech chi, edrychsech chi	edrychen nhw, edrychsen nhw
preterite	edrychais i, edryches i	edrychaist ti, edrychest ti	edrychodd o/e/hi	edrychon ni	edrychoch chi	edrychon nhw
imperative	—	edrycha	—	—	edrychwch	—

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

Conjugation of edrych (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	drycha i, drychaf i	drychi di	drychith o/e/hi, drychiff e/hi	drychwn ni	drychwch chi	drychan nhw
conditional	drychwn i, drychswn i	drychet ti, drychset ti	drychai fo/fe/hi, drychsai fo/fe/hi	drychen ni, drychsen ni	drychech chi, drychsech chi	drychen nhw, drychsen nhw
preterite	drychais i, dryches i	drychaist ti, drychest ti	drychodd o/e/hi	drychon ni	drychoch chi	drychon nhw
imperative	—	drycha	—	—	drychwch	—

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

Related terms

• drych (“mirror”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of edrych

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
edrych	unchanged	unchanged	hedrych

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

References

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