erchi

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėrxɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti, present stem of *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈerχi/

Verb

erchi

1. to ask (of)
2. to beg (from)

Conjugation

• First-person singular present indicative: archaf
• Second-person singular present indicative: erchy
• Third-person singular present indicative: eirch
• Second-person singular imperfect indicative: archut
• First-person singular preterite: ercheis
• Second-person singular preterite: ercheist
• Second-person singular imperative: arch
• Second-person singular present subjunctive: erchych
• Third-person singular present subjunctive: archo

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical	Soft	Nasal	H-prothesis
erchi	unchanged	unchanged	herchi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh erchi, from Proto-Brythonic *ėrxɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti, present stem of *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrχi/

Verb

erchi (first-person singular present archaf)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to seek, to ask (for), to request, to beg (for)

   Synonyms: ceisio, deisyf, erbyn

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	archaf	erchi	eirch	archwn	erchwch, archwch	archant	erchir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	archwn	archit	archai	archem	archech	archent	erchid
preterite	erchais	erchaist	archodd	archasom	archasoch	archasant	archwyd
pluperfect	archaswn	archasit	archasai	archasem	archasech	archasent	archasid, archesid
present subjunctive	archwyf	erchych	archo	archom	archoch	archont	archer
imperative	—	arch	arched	archwn	erchwch, archwch	archent	archer
verbal noun	erchi
verbal adjectives	archedig archadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	archa i, archaf i	archi di	archith o/e/hi, archiff e/hi	archwn ni	archwch chi	archan nhw
conditional	archwn i, archswn i	archet ti, archset ti	archai fo/fe/hi, archsai fo/fe/hi	archen ni, archsen ni	archech chi, archsech chi	archen nhw, archsen nhw
preterite	archais i, arches i	archaist ti, archest ti	archodd o/e/hi	archon ni	archoch chi	archon nhw
imperative	—	archa	—	—	archwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• arch (“command, request”)
• archeb (“order, request”)
• archebu (“to order, to request”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
erchi	unchanged	unchanged	herchi
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), “erchi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies