mysgu

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈməsɡɨ̞/, [ˈməskɨ̞]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈməsɡi/, [ˈməski]
• Rhymes: -əsɡɨ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *mɨskad, from Proto-Celtic *miskati.

Verb

mysgu (first-person singular present mysgaf)

1. to mix

   Synonym: cymysgu

2. to undo, to untie, to disentangle

   Synonyms: datod, datglymu, datrys, dadblethu, llaesu, llacio

   1. to come apart

      Synonym: ymddatod

   2. to break up, to break apart

      Synonyms: torri, dymchwel, dinistrio

   3. to break up, to scatter, to disperse

      Synonyms: chwalu, ymwasgaru

Etymology 2

From English mask (“to mash, mix hot water with malt to yield wort”) +‎ -u.

Verb

mysgu (first-person singular present mysgaf)

1. (obsolete) to brew, to mash

   Synonyms: brecáu, bragu, darllaw

Conjugation

Conjugation of mysgu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mysgaf	mysgi	mysg, mysga	mysgwn	mysgwch	mysgant	mysgir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	mysgwn	mysgit	mysgai	mysgem	mysgech	mysgent	mysgid
preterite	mysgais	mysgaist	mysgodd	mysgasom	mysgasoch	mysgasant	mysgwyd
pluperfect	mysgaswn	mysgasit	mysgasai	mysgasem	mysgasech	mysgasent	mysgasid, mysgesid
present subjunctive	mysgwyf	mysgych	mysgo	mysgom	mysgoch	mysgont	mysger
imperative	—	mysg, mysga	mysged	mysgwn	mysgwch	mysgent	mysger
verbal noun	mysgu
verbal adjectives	mysgedig mysgadwy

Conjugation of mysgu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mysga i, mysgaf i	mysgi di	mysgith o/e/hi, mysgiff e/hi	mysgwn ni	mysgwch chi	mysgan nhw
conditional	mysgwn i, mysgswn i	mysget ti, mysgset ti	mysgai fo/fe/hi, mysgsai fo/fe/hi	mysgen ni, mysgsen ni	mysgech chi, mysgsech chi	mysgen nhw, mysgsen nhw
preterite	mysgais i, mysges i	mysgaist ti, mysgest ti	mysgodd o/e/hi	mysgon ni	mysgoch chi	mysgon nhw
imperative	—	mysga	—	—	mysgwch	—

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

Alternative forms

• macsu (current in Pembrokeshire)

References

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