rybela
Welsh
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /rəˈbɛla/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /rəˈbeːla/, /rəˈbɛla/
- Rhymes: -ɛla
Verb
editrybela (first-person singular present rybelaf, not mutable)
- to collect stones from rubble or quarrymen's rejects and turn them into slates, especially as a form of apprenticeship
Conjugation
editConjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | rybelaf | rybeli | rybela | rybelwn | rybelwch | rybelant | rybelir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
rybelwn | rybelit | rybelai | rybelem | rybelech | rybelent | rybelid | |
preterite | rybelais | rybelaist | rybelodd | rybelasom | rybelasoch | rybelasant | rybelwyd | |
pluperfect | rybelaswn | rybelasit | rybelasai | rybelasem | rybelasech | rybelasent | rybelasid, rybelesid | |
present subjunctive | rybelwyf | rybelych | rybelo | rybelom | rybeloch | rybelont | rybeler | |
imperative | — | rybela | rybeled | rybelwn | rybelwch | rybelent | rybeler | |
verbal noun | rybela | |||||||
verbal adjectives | rybeledig rybeladwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | rybela i, rybelaf i | rybeli di | rybelith o/e/hi, rybeliff e/hi | rybelwn ni | rybelwch chi | rybelan nhw |
conditional | rybelwn i, rybelswn i | rybelet ti, rybelset ti | rybelai fo/fe/hi, rybelsai fo/fe/hi | rybelen ni, rybelsen ni | rybelech chi, rybelsech chi | rybelen nhw, rybelsen nhw |
preterite | rybelais i, rybeles i | rybelaist ti, rybelest ti | rybelodd o/e/hi | rybelon ni | rybeloch chi | rybelon nhw |
imperative | — | rybela | — | — | rybelwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rybela”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies