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√sāg‑: Ir. saigim ‘I seek’, Goth, sōkjan, E. seek; thus *mlāto-sag- > *'blod-ha- > blota. The noun suff. ‑hai < *sagi̯ō ‘seeker’ § 104 ii (2).

‘to go as, act as’, in Ml. W. marchockaaf ‘I ride’, marchockaawẟ 34, marchocawn do. 35; v.n. marchogaeth do. 1, 35. A variant of the verb is formed without a suff.: marchogaf, 3rd sg. pres. subj. marchoco i 24, imps. marckocer do. 264, also with v.n. marchogayth ib.

‘to become, be’ with adjectives; as gwanhā́f ‘I become weak’, v.n. gwanháu; cryfhā́f ‘I become strong’, v.n. cryfháu, dial. cryffáu; trugarhā́f ‘I am merciful, have mercy’, v.n. trugarháu, from trugar; etc.

‘to make’ with adjectives; glanhā́f ‘I clean’, v.n. glanháu; gwastatā́f ‘I flatten, straighten’, v.n. gwastatáu, cadarnhā́f ‘I strengthen’, v.n. cadarnháu.

‘to use’, etc., with nouns; as dyfrhā́f ‘I water’, v.n. dyfrháu; coffā́f ‘I remember’, v.n. coffáu or cóffa; bwytā́f ‘I eat’, v.n. bẃyta.

Gwyn. dial. bỿ́ta < O.W. bit, Ml. W. byd 84, variant of bwyd § 101 iii (2).—This group follows the analogy of (b) as (d) does that of (c).

¶ Similar formations abound in Ir., Thurneysen Gr. 314; but Ir.