dysgu

From Proto-Brythonic *dɨskɨd, from Latin discō (“I learn”). Cognate to Breton deskiñ and Cornish dyski, from the same origin.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdəsɡɨ̞/, [ˈdəskɨ̞]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdəsɡi/, [ˈdəski]

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• Rhymes: -əsɡɨ̞

dysgu (first-person singular present dysgaf)

1. to learn

   Dw i ddim yn deall yn iawn achos dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg o hyd.

   I don’t properly understand because I’m still learning Welsh.

2. (with preposition i) to teach (often replaced by addysgu in modern Welsh)

   Mae Mrs Jones yn dysgu Cymraeg i mi.

   Mrs Jones is teaching me Welsh.

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