dechrau

Welsh

Etymology

From dy- + creu (“grow, create”) (compare Latin creo (“I grow”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛχraɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛχrɛ/, /ˈdɛχra/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛχrai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛχrɛ/, /ˈdəχrɛ/, /ˈdaχrɛ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛχraɨ̯

Noun

dechrau m (plural dechreuoedd or dechreuon)

start, beginning

Synonyms

dechreuad

Derived terms

dechreuol (“initial”)

Verb

dechrau (first-person singular present dechreuaf)

to begin, to start
Synonym: cychwyn

Antonyms: bennu, cwpla, dibennu, gorffen, diweddu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	dechreuaf	dechreui	dechrau, dechreua	dechreuwn	dechreuwch	dechreuant	dechreuir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dechreuwn	dechreuit	dechreuai	dechreuem	dechreuech	dechreuent	dechreuid
preterite	dechreuais	dechreuaist	dechreuodd	dechreuasom	dechreuasoch	dechreuasant	dechreuwyd
pluperfect	dechreuaswn	dechreuasit	dechreuasai	dechreuasem	dechreuasech	dechreuasent	dechreuasid, dechreuesid
present subjunctive	dechreuwyf	dechreuych	dechreuo	dechreuom	dechreuoch	dechreuont	dechreuer
imperative	—	dechrau, dechreua	dechreued	dechreuwn	dechreuwch	dechreuent	dechreuer
verbal noun	dechrau
verbal adjectives	dechreuedig

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dechreua i, dechreuaf i	dechreui di	dechreuith o/e/hi, dechreuiff e/hi	dechreuwn ni	dechreuwch chi	dechreuan nhw
conditional	dechreuwn i, dechreuswn i	dechreuet ti, dechreuset ti	dechreuai fo/fe/hi, dechreusai fo/fe/hi	dechreuen ni, dechreusen ni	dechreuech chi, dechreusech chi	dechreuen nhw, dechreusen nhw
preterite	dechreuais i, dechreues i	dechreuaist ti, dechreuest ti	dechreuodd o/e/hi	dechreuon ni	dechreuoch chi	dechreuon nhw
imperative	—	dechreua	—	—	dechreuwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

dechrau ar (“to set upon, to attack”)
dechreuad (“beginning”)
dechreuwr (“beginner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *dechrau*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dechrau	ddechrau	nechrau	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

^ Potel-Belner, P. (2021). Welsh Etymological Dictionary. Germany: BoD - Books on Demand - Frankreich, p. 90

[1] Potel-Belner, P. (2021). Welsh Etymological Dictionary. Germany: BoD - Books on Demand - Frankreich, p. 90

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