carcharu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /karˈχarɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /karˈχa(ː)ri/
- Rhymes: -arɨ
Verb
[edit]carcharu (first-person singular present carcharuaf)
- to imprison; to incarcerate
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | carcharaf | carcheri | carchar | carcharwn | carcherwch, carcharwch | carcharant | carcherir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
carcharwn | carcharit | carcharai | carcharem | carcharech | carcharent | carcherid | |
preterite | carcherais | carcheraist | carcharodd | carcharasom | carcharasoch | carcharasant | carcharwyd | |
pluperfect | carcharaswn | carcharasit | carcharasai | carcharasem | carcharasech | carcharasent | carcharasid, carcharesid | |
present subjunctive | carcharwyf | carcherych | carcharo | carcharom | carcharoch | carcharont | carcharer | |
imperative | — | carchar | carchared | carcharwn | carcherwch, carcharwch | carcharent | carcharer | |
verbal noun | carcharu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | carcharedig carcharadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | carchara i, carcharaf i | carchari di | carcharith o/e/hi, carchariff e/hi | carcharwn ni | carcharwch chi | carcharan nhw |
conditional | carcharwn i, carcharswn i | carcharet ti, carcharset ti | carcharai fo/fe/hi, carcharsai fo/fe/hi | carcharen ni, carcharsen ni | carcharech chi, carcharsech chi | carcharen nhw, carcharsen nhw |
preterite | carcharais i, carchares i | carcharaist ti, carcharest ti | carcharodd o/e/hi | carcharon ni | carcharoch chi | carcharon nhw |
imperative | — | carchara | — | — | carcharwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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carcharu | garcharu | ngharcharu | charcharu |
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), “carcharu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies