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122 GRAMMAR (or before a vowel ytli), which does not mean anything in particular, y causes the third state in verbs whose radical is /, c, /, and the fourth state in those whose radical is d, and changes ^w to wh. In late Cornish it is rarely used except with the present of mds, to go, and (in its apocopated form th or as dtJi) with the present and imperfect of bos, to be. A reflexive verb may be formed from any transitive verb by prefixing om (older forms ym, as in Welsh, and em, as in Breton), changing the initial to the second state. cregy, to hang ; Smgregy, to hang oneself. bresy, to judge ; Smvresy, to judge oneself. disqwedhas, to show ; omdhisqwedhas, to show one- self. gweras, to help ; dmweras, to help oneself. Sometimes the prefix gives a mutual rather than a reflexive sense. dmsewa, to follow one another. dmladha, to fight, contend (cf. French se battre).