macsu

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English mask +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmaksɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmaksi/
• Rhymes: -aksɨ̞

Verb

macsu (first-person singular present macsaf)

1. (South Wales, Pembrokeshire) to brew, to mash

   Synonym: brecáu

Conjugation

Conjugation of macsu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	macsaf	macsi	macs, macsa	macswn	macswch	macsant	macsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	macswn	macsit	macsai	macsem	macsech	macsent	macsid
preterite	macsais	macsaist	macsodd	macsasom	macsasoch	macsasant	macswyd
pluperfect	macsaswn	macsasit	macsasai	macsasem	macsasech	macsasent	macsasid, macsesid
present subjunctive	macswyf	macsych	macso	macsom	macsoch	macsont	macser
imperative	—	macs, macsa	macsed	macswn	macswch	macsent	macser
verbal noun	macsu
verbal adjectives	macsedig macsadwy

Conjugation of macsu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	macsa i, macsaf i	macsi di	macsith o/e/hi, macsiff e/hi	macswn ni	macswch chi	macsan nhw
conditional	macswn i, macsswn i	macset ti, macsset ti	macsai fo/fe/hi, macssai fo/fe/hi	macsen ni, macssen ni	macsech chi, macssech chi	macsen nhw, macssen nhw
preterite	macsais i, macses i	macsaist ti, macsest ti	macsodd o/e/hi	macson ni	macsoch chi	macson nhw
imperative	—	macsa	—	—	macswch	—

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

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) mysgu

References

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