aberthu
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aˈbɛrθɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /aˈbɛrθi/
- Rhymes: -ɛrθɨ̞
Verb
[edit]aberthu (first-person singular present aberthaf)
- to sacrifice
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | aberthaf | aberthi | aberth, abertha | aberthwn | aberthwch | aberthant | aberthir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
aberthwn | aberthit | aberthai | aberthem | aberthech | aberthent | aberthid | |
preterite | aberthais | aberthaist | aberthodd | aberthasom | aberthasoch | aberthasant | aberthwyd | |
pluperfect | aberthaswn | aberthasit | aberthasai | aberthasem | aberthasech | aberthasent | aberthasid, aberthesid | |
present subjunctive | aberthwyf | aberthych | abertho | aberthom | aberthoch | aberthont | aberther | |
imperative | — | aberth, abertha | aberthed | aberthwn | aberthwch | aberthent | aberther | |
verbal noun | aberthu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | aberthedig aberthadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | abertha i, aberthaf i | aberthi di | aberthith o/e/hi, aberthiff e/hi | aberthwn ni | aberthwch chi | aberthan nhw |
conditional | aberthwn i, aberthswn i | aberthet ti, aberthset ti | aberthai fo/fe/hi, aberthsai fo/fe/hi | aberthen ni, aberthsen ni | aberthech chi, aberthsech chi | aberthen nhw, aberthsen nhw |
preterite | aberthais i, aberthes i | aberthaist ti, aberthest ti | aberthodd o/e/hi | aberthon ni | aberthoch chi | aberthon nhw |
imperative | — | abertha | — | — | aberthwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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aberthu | unchanged | unchanged | haberthu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aberthu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies