peswch
Welsh
Etymology
Back-formation from pesychu (“to cough”), possibly, influenced by abstract noun suffix -wch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛsʊχ/
- Rhymes: -ɛsʊχ
Noun
peswch m (uncountable)
- cough (condition)
- Mae peswch arna i. ― I’ve got a cough. (literally, “There is a cough upon me.”)
Verb
peswch (first-person singular present peswchaf)
- (South Wales) to cough
- Dw i’n peswch yn ddi-baid.
- I’m coughing non-stop.
- Synonym: pesychu
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present indicative/future | pesychaf | pesychi | peswch, pesycha | pesychwn | pesychwch | pesychant | pesychir | |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
pesychwn | pesychit | pesychai | pesychem | pesychech | pesychent | pesychid | |
| preterite | pesychais | pesychaist | pesychodd | pesychasom | pesychasoch | pesychasant | pesychwyd | |
| pluperfect | pesychaswn | pesychasit | pesychasai | pesychasem | pesychasech | pesychasent | pesychasid, pesychesid | |
| present subjunctive | pesychwyf | pesychych | pesycho | pesychom | pesychoch | pesychont | pesycher | |
| imperative | — | peswch, pesycha | pesyched | pesychwn | pesychwch | pesychent | pesycher | |
| verbal noun | peswch | |||||||
| verbal adjectives | pesychedig pesychadwy | |||||||
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | pesycha i, pesychaf i | pesychi di | pesychith o/e/hi, pesychiff e/hi | pesychwn ni | pesychwch chi | pesychan nhw |
| conditional | pesychwn i, pesychswn i | pesychet ti, pesychset ti | pesychai fo/fe/hi, pesychsai fo/fe/hi | pesychen ni, pesychsen ni | pesychech chi, pesychsech chi | pesychen nhw, pesychsen nhw |
| preterite | pesychais i, pesyches i | pesychaist ti, pesychest ti | pesychodd o/e/hi | pesychon ni | pesychoch chi | pesychon nhw |
| imperative | — | pesycha | — | — | pesychwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Derived terms
- pesychu (“to cough”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| peswch | beswch | mheswch | pheswch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “peswch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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