blasu

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • blasio

Etymology

blas (“taste”) +‎ -u

Pronunciation

Verb

blasu (first-person singular present blasaf)

  1. to taste, to sample a flavor
    Fe wnes i flasu'r afal.
    I did taste the apple.
  2. to taste, to have a flavor
    Mae'r afal yn blasu'n felys.
    The apple tastes sweet.

Conjugation
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future blasa i, blasaf i blasi di blasith o/e/hi, blasiff e/hi blaswn ni blaswch chi blasan nhw
conditional blaswn i, blasswn i blaset ti, blasset ti blasai fo/fe/hi, blassai fo/fe/hi blasen ni, blassen ni blasech chi, blassech chi blasen nhw, blassen nhw
preterite blasais i, blases i blasaist ti, blasest ti blasodd o/e/hi blason ni blasoch chi blason nhw
imperative — blasa — — blaswch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blasu flasu mlasu unchanged
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), “blasaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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