brathu

Welsh

Etymology

brath (“bite, wound”) +‎ -u

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbraθɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbra(ː)θi/
• Rhymes: -aːθɨ̞

Verb

brathu (first-person singular present brathaf)

1. to bite, to sting

   Synonyms: cnoi, pigo

   Brathodd y nadroedd y bobl a bu farw llawer iawn ohonyn nhw.

   The snakes bit the people and very many of them died.

2. to stab, to wound

   Synonym: gwanu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	brathaf	brethi	bratha	brathwn	brethwch, brathwch	brathant	brethir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	brathwn	brathit	brathai	brathem	brathech	brathent	brethid
preterite	brethais	brethaist	brathodd	brathasom	brathasoch	brathasant	brathwyd
pluperfect	brathaswn	brathasit	brathasai	brathasem	brathasech	brathasent	brathasid, brathesid
present subjunctive	brathwyf	brethych	bratho	brathom	brathoch	brathont	brather
imperative	—	bratha	brathed	brathwn	brethwch, brathwch	brathent	brather
verbal noun	brathu
verbal adjectives	brathedig brathadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bratha i, brathaf i	brathi di	brathith o/e/hi, brathiff e/hi	brathwn ni	brathwch chi	brathan nhw
conditional	brathwn i, brathswn i	brathet ti, brathset ti	brathai fo/fe/hi, brathsai fo/fe/hi	brathen ni, brathsen ni	brathech chi, brathsech chi	brathen nhw, brathsen nhw
preterite	brathais i, brathes i	brathaist ti, brathest ti	brathodd o/e/hi	brathon ni	brathoch chi	brathon nhw
imperative	—	bratha	—	—	brathwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of brathu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brathu	frathu	mrathu	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.