pechu

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pectus.

Noun

pechu m (plural pechos)

1. chest

Leonese

Alternative forms

• peitu

Etymology

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Noun

pechu m (plural pechos)

1. chest

References

• “pechu”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2025

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish pecho and Portuguese peito and Kabuverdianu petu.

Noun

pechu

1. breast
2. chest

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.xu/
• Rhymes: -ɛxu
• Syllabification: pe‧chu

Noun

pechu

1. locative/vocative singular of pech

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pechu, from Proto-Brythonic *pexad, from Latin peccō (“I offend, sin”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛχɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːχi/, /ˈpɛχi/
• Rhymes: -ɛχɨ

Verb

pechu (first-person singular present pechaf)

1. to sin, offend, give offence, hurt someone's feelings

   Synonym: tramgwyddo

2. (theology) to commit (a sin)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pechu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	pechaf	pechi	pech, pecha	pechwn	pechwch	pechant	pechir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	pechwn	pechit	pechai	pechem	pechech	pechent	pechid
preterite	pechais	pechaist	pechodd	pechasom	pechasoch	pechasant	pechwyd
pluperfect	pechaswn	pechasit	pechasai	pechasem	pechasech	pechasent	pechasid, pechesid
present subjunctive	pechwyf	pechych	pecho	pechom	pechoch	pechont	pecher
imperative	—	pech, pecha	peched	pechwn	pechwch	pechent	pecher
verbal noun	pechu
verbal adjectives	pechedig pechadwy

Conjugation of pechu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	pecha i, pechaf i	pechi di	pechith o/e/hi, pechiff e/hi	pechwn ni	pechwch chi	pechan nhw
conditional	pechwn i, pechswn i	pechet ti, pechset ti	pechai fo/fe/hi, pechsai fo/fe/hi	pechen ni, pechsen ni	pechech chi, pechsech chi	pechen nhw, pechsen nhw
preterite	pechais i, peches i	pechaist ti, pechest ti	pechodd o/e/hi	pechon ni	pechoch chi	pechon nhw
imperative	—	pecha	—	—	pechwch	—

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

Related terms

• pechod m (“sin”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pechu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pechu	bechu	mhechu	phechu

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