llathru

Welsh

Etymology

llathr (“glossy, shiny”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬaθrɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬaθri/

Verb

llathru (first-person singular present llathraf)

1. to shine
2. to make shiny, to burnish

   Synonym: caboli

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	llathraf	llathri	llathr, llathra	llathrwn	llathrwch	llathrant	llathrir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	llathrwn	llathrit	llathrai	llathrem	llathrech	llathrent	llathrid
preterite	llathrais	llathraist	llathrodd	llathrasom	llathrasoch	llathrasant	llathrwyd
pluperfect	llathraswn	llathrasit	llathrasai	llathrasem	llathrasech	llathrasent	llathrasid, llathresid
present subjunctive	llathrwyf	llathrych	llathro	llathrom	llathroch	llathront	llathrer
imperative	—	llathr, llathra	llathred	llathrwn	llathrwch	llathrent	llathrer
verbal noun	llathru
verbal adjectives	llathredig llathradwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	llathra i, llathraf i	llathri di	llathrith o/e/hi, llathriff e/hi	llathrwn ni	llathrwch chi	llathran nhw
conditional	llathrwn i, llathrswn i	llathret ti, llathrset ti	llathrai fo/fe/hi, llathrsai fo/fe/hi	llathren ni, llathrsen ni	llathrech chi, llathrsech chi	llathren nhw, llathrsen nhw
preterite	llathrais i, llathres i	llathraist ti, llathrest ti	llathrodd o/e/hi	llathron ni	llathroch chi	llathron nhw
imperative	—	llathra	—	—	llathrwch	—

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

Derived terms

• llathrlwch (“emery”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llathru

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llathru	lathru	unchanged	unchanged

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