rhegi

Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”),[1] in which case cognate with Latin prex (“prayer, request”), German Frage (“question”), English pray. Alternatively, related to Sanskrit रच् (rac, “to compose”) and Proto-Slavic *rekti (“to say”).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

rhegi (first-person singular present rhegaf)

  1. (intransitive) to curse, to swear

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future rhegaf rhegi rheg, rhega rhegwn rhegwch rhegant rhegir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 rhegwn rhegit rhegai rhegem rhegech rhegent rhegid
preterite rhegais rhegaist rhegodd rhegasom rhegasoch rhegasant rhegwyd
pluperfect rhegaswn rhegasit rhegasai rhegasem rhegasech rhegasent rhegasid, rhegesid
present subjunctive rhegwyf rhegych rhego rhegom rhegoch rhegont rheger
imperative — rheg, rhega rheged rhegwn rhegwch rhegent rheger
verbal noun rhegi
verbal adjectives rhegedig
rhegadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future rhega i, rhegaf i rhegi di rhegith o/e/hi, rhegiff e/hi rhegwn ni rhegwch chi rhegan nhw
conditional rhegwn i, rhegswn i rheget ti, rhegset ti rhegai fo/fe/hi, rhegsai fo/fe/hi rhegen ni, rhegsen ni rhegech chi, rhegsech chi rhegen nhw, rhegsen nhw
preterite rhegais i, rheges i rhegaist ti, rhegest ti rhegodd o/e/hi rhegon ni rhegoch chi rhegon nhw
imperative — rhega — — rhegwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhegi regi unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhegi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rekti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 433: “v. (c) ‘speak, say’”
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