cysgu

Welsh

cysgu

Alternative forms

  • cysgaid (obsolete)
  • cysgwyd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyscu, from Proto-Brythonic *kuskɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kuɸsketi (compare Cornish koska, Breton kousket), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (compare Latin cubō (I recline)).

Pronunciation

Verb

cysgu (first-person singular present cysgaf)

  1. (intransitive) sleep (rest in state of reduced consciousness)

Conjugation

  • Alternative verbal adjective: cysgiedig

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cysgu gysgu nghysgu chysgu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), cysgaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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