dosbarthu

Welsh

Etymology

From dosbarth (“class, division”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɔsˈbarθɨ/, [dɔsˈparθɨ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɔsˈbarθi/, [dɔsˈparθi]

Verb

dosbarthu (first-person singular present dosbarthaf)

1. (transitive) to classify, to categorise
2. (transitive) to deliver, to distribute

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	dosbarthaf	dosberthi	dosbartha	dosbarthwn	dosberthwch, dosbarthwch	dosbarthant	dosberthir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	dosbarthwn	dosbarthit	dosbarthai	dosbarthem	dosbarthech	dosbarthent	dosberthid
preterite	dosberthais	dosberthaist	dosbarthodd	dosbarthasom	dosbarthasoch	dosbarthasant	dosbarthwyd
pluperfect	dosbarthaswn	dosbarthasit	dosbarthasai	dosbarthasem	dosbarthasech	dosbarthasent	dosbarthasid, dosbarthesid
present subjunctive	dosbarthwyf	dosberthych	dosbartho	dosbarthom	dosbarthoch	dosbarthont	dosbarther
imperative	—	dosbartha	dosbarthed	dosbarthwn	dosberthwch, dosbarthwch	dosbarthent	dosbarther
verbal noun	dosbarthu
verbal adjectives	dosbarthedig dosbarthadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	dosbartha i, dosbarthaf i	dosbarthi di	dosbarthith o/e/hi, dosbarthiff e/hi	dosbarthwn ni	dosbarthwch chi	dosbarthan nhw
conditional	dosbarthwn i, dosbarthswn i	dosbarthet ti, dosbarthset ti	dosbarthai fo/fe/hi, dosbarthsai fo/fe/hi	dosbarthen ni, dosbarthsen ni	dosbarthech chi, dosbarthsech chi	dosbarthen nhw, dosbarthsen nhw
preterite	dosbarthais i, dosbarthes i	dosbarthaist ti, dosbarthest ti	dosbarthodd o/e/hi	dosbarthon ni	dosbarthoch chi	dosbarthon nhw
imperative	—	dosbartha	—	—	dosbarthwch	—

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

Derived terms

• dosbarthiad (“distribution”)
• dosbarthol (“classified; distributive”)
• dosbarthwr (“distributor”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dosbarthu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dosbarthu	ddosbarthu	nosbarthu	unchanged

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dosbarthu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies