cymharu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəmˈharɨ̞/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /kəmˈha(ː)ri/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /kəˈma(ː)ri/
- Rhymes: -arɨ
Verb
[edit]cymharu (first-person singular present cymharaf)
- (transitive) to compare, to liken
- to mate to copulate; to pair off
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cymharaf | cymheri | cymhara | cymharwn | cymherwch, cymharwch | cymharant | cymherir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
cymharwn | cymharit | cymharai | cymharem | cymharech | cymharent | cymherid | |
preterite | cymherais | cymheraist | cymharodd | cymharasom | cymharasoch | cymharasant | cymharwyd | |
pluperfect | cymharaswn | cymharasit | cymharasai | cymharasem | cymharasech | cymharasent | cymharasid, cymharesid | |
present subjunctive | cymharwyf | cymherych | cymharo | cymharom | cymharoch | cymharont | cymharer | |
imperative | — | cymhara | cymhared | cymharwn | cymherwch, cymharwch | cymharent | cymharer | |
verbal noun | cymharu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cymharedig cymharadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cymhara i, cymharaf i | cymhari di | cymharith o/e/hi, cymhariff e/hi | cymharwn ni | cymharwch chi | cymharan nhw |
conditional | cymharwn i, cymharswn i | cymharet ti, cymharset ti | cymharai fo/fe/hi, cymharsai fo/fe/hi | cymharen ni, cymharsen ni | cymharech chi, cymharsech chi | cymharen nhw, cymharsen nhw |
preterite | cymharais i, cymhares i | cymharaist ti, cymharest ti | cymharodd o/e/hi | cymharon ni | cymharoch chi | cymharon nhw |
imperative | — | cymhara | — | — | cymharwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
[edit]- cymhariaeth (“comparison; simile”)
- cymharol (“comparative”)
- cymharer, cf.